[Talk-GB] Stiles (and gates) on roads

[Philip Barnes]

I have recently found a fairly common problem with stiles and pedestrian
gates where footpaths join roads.

Often a stile, or gate tagged for access on foot only, is used at the
junction with a road. Routers then assume the road is for foot only and
route around.

I am not finding any users are making this error a lot, but a lot of
users who have mapped a few paths have made this error. So not something
that can be fixed by a few emails. I guess it is in a similar vain to
the common error of ending a footpath at the hedge and not joining it
with the roads way.

The scale of the problem is shown here, some are stiles which continue
from dead end roads, but most cause OSRM to avoid the node
http://www.overpass-api.de/api/convert?data=way%2849.2%2C-7.6%2C59.2%
2C3.5%29[highway%3D%22unclassified%22]%3B%28node%28w%29[barrier%3D%
22stile%22]%3B%29%3Bout&target=openlayers

It will take a minute or so to load.

It mostly affects unclassified and tertiary roads, which is probably why
it is not being reported through map dust. But I have already fixed a
few on primary and trunk roads. My solution has been to move the stile
node away from the road slightly and create a short section of path to
link back to the road. 

I am gradually working through the problem and will carry on until it is
fixed, but am wondering.

Is there a list of pitfalls for new user that this can be added to?

Is it something that can be added to keep-rights list of problems?

Thanks
Phil