[Talk-GB] Gates (was: Private roads...)

[charlie at cferrero.net]

Ed Avis (eda at waniasset.com) wrote:

> Ian Spencer <ianmspencer at ...> writes:
>
>> I would like to expand on the tagging of gates, to know if they are  
>>  usually left
>> open/closed and unlocked/locked, are people using the status tag for that?
>
> I think this is important to address.  Often I find roads into   
> council estates
> that have a gate, but the gate is always left open, so the road is   
> quite usable
> to drive into the estate.  On the other hand if a gate is usually   
> shut, it should
> not be used for routing.
>
> What is the proposed or de facto tagging for this?  Do any routing   
> apps use it?
>
> --
I've seen both locked=yes and status=locked for gates that are, er,  
locked.  Nobody seems to tag unlocked gates (i.e. barrier=gate implies  
unlocked unless tagged otherwise).

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Charlie