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

[Gregory]

You are just thinking about cars, what about foot routing/planning(sorry I
meant to make that clear in my last e-mail)

If we are creating a specification for open or unlocked, we might as well
include locked. Especially on foot it can be helpful to know the gate you
see up ahead is usually locked, but if you go another way there is an
unlocked gate. Don't restrict the uses of OSM by restricting the data.

On 28 May 2010 13:58, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:

> Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >It's not just about access
> >
> >For routing (or manually planning a getaway) you want to know if you
> >will be slowed down by having to open a shut gate (very slow in a car
> >because you have to stop twice) or it is locked and you need to have
> >a key (or break/pick the lock).
>
> Perhaps this makes sense in rural areas where you may drive along a
> track and open gates on your way.  However, in a city, either there is
> a closed gate blocking the route or there is not.  No car driver would
> ever get out and open someone else's gate to drive through someone
> else's property without permission.  Whether it's physically locked,
> or just closed, is not important.
>
> And I expect that most mappers cannot find out the difference - I wouldn't
> want to walk the streets rattling each closed gate I find to see whether
> it is 'locked' or 'closed'.
>
> So I suggest that in city areas, 99% of the time what matters is whether
> the gate is usually left open or usually left closed.  More subtle matters
> of private versus permissive access, or locked-with-a-key versus
> closed-but-not-locked, could be tagged by those who are really interested,
> but aren't the main issue.
>
> --
> Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>
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Gregory
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