[Talk-GB] Stiles in the Peak District missing a stile tag

[Donald Noble]

I am not aware of anything, but perhaps  handrail=post, or handrail:post
=yes might be a way of tagging these?

Cheers, Donald

On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 at 16:38, SK53 <sk53.osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> My father has ambitions to visit the Peak District this summer, but now
> needs to avoid stiles (or at least those which are difficult for him to
> negotiate). I therefore had a look at stiles around Castleton & quite a few
> lack the stile tag to show the type of stile.
>
> I therefore looked at the Peak District as a whole and around 1000 stiles
> miss this tag (about 20%). In many cases I'm sure that we collectively can
> improve this information from old photos, new walks etc.
>
> The relevant overpass query is here: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/15pl.
>
> A follow up would be to ensure all ladder & stepover stiles have step
> counts.
>
> One thing Dad remarked is that stiles with an upright member as part of
> the stile are easier as he can hold on to it throughout clambering over the
> stile. I think these are commoner in Leicestershire where the upright bit
> is painted yellow as a way marker. I'm not aware of any way of tagging
> these.
>
> Jerry
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