[Talk-GB] Is it useful to tag material=* of stiles?

[Michael Collinson]

Trying to be objective, I think
"The stile should be tagged with material=* with values stone, wood, or 
metal."
would be better as
"The stile can be tagged with material=* with values stone, wood, or metal."

I'm obsessive about finding nice park benches to have my lunch on and do 
map material as it adds to the subjective experience but I am hard 
pressed to see that here. The only thing I can think of is that stone 
stiles are generally much easier to cross in wet weather as wood gets 
slippy. I from the area area your next email is about, and I've never 
thought about it.

As an older person who sometimes walks with a friend with a dog, I'd 
define "usefulness" as:

- how easy is it to transit?
- how easy is it to get a dog over?

style_type, step_count and dog_gate answers most of that. An indication 
of height and ladder types might also help - UK Yorkshire has bionic 
sheep and the heights are sometimes enormous.

Else, as the stile entry points out, recording stone adds a historical 
dimension. Interesting but not *generally* useful.

Mike


On 2021-06-28 17:30, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB wrote:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dstile#Stile_type 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dstile#Stile_type> 
> claims
>
> "Where possible, the stile should be tagged with material=* with 
> values stone, wood, or metal."
>
> But is it actually useful? Based on photos it seems that basically all 
> stiles within
> walls are mostly material=stone and ones with fences typically wooden,
> with ladder stiles made of wood.
>
> Is it useful to tag it to catch unique cases?
>
> Also, what should be tagged if stile is made both out of wood and stone?
> Dominant material? Neither? stone;wood?
>
> See
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drystone_Wall_(26721799888).png 
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drystone_Wall_(26721799888).png>
> https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/398328 
> <https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/398328>
>
>
> Asking as I am considering implementing StreetComplete quest but
> I am not sure is it worth asking.
>
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