[Talk-GB] Unsuitable for motors etc.

Andy Robinson ajrlists at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 13:23:48 BST 2011


SomeoneElse [mailto:lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk] wrote:
> Sent: 11 October 2011 12:52
> To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-GB] Unsuitable for motors etc.
> 
> Has anyone got any bright ideas about how best to map "Unsuitable for
> Motors" etc. signs?  As I understand it they're not really access
restrictions,
> just advisory.  Currently they tend to be mapped as notes or as
> "motorcar=unsuitable" (which I'm yet to be convinced about because that's
> an access tag):
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_the_United_Kingdom
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=unsuitable#values
> 
> Using a "note" is fine for recording the information but the fact that
it's not in
> a separate tag makes life difficult for renderers and routers (I'm
thinking
> something along the lines of the Australian 4wd_only=yes).  Anyone got any
> thoughts?
> 

What it says on the tin? car=unsuitable or maybe motor_vehicle=unsuitable

Cheers
Andy




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