[Talk-GB] "designated" and "permissive" confuse new people

[Chris Hodges]

As someone who may have made this mistake in the past, I reckon along 
with requesting confirmation, we should have a "more info" link (not 
"Wiki" IMO though that's where it should point) as close as possible.


I often find myself on bridleways (and less often footpaths) that are 
also private road, farm building access, or shared driveways.  The 
distinction between "access=destination" and "foot,horses,bicycles=yes, 
motor_vehicles=destination" is perhaps a little subtle.  Here's one that 
I got wrong in a different way (fixed now) by putting 
"motor_vehicles=no" when it's the way to drive up to the houses 
("private" vs. "destination" is another question): 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/884300724


The actual "designated" vs. "permissive" shouldn't be too hard for 
anyone familiar with "permissive" on OS maps.


Chris

On 02/10/2021 21:02, Jon Pennycook wrote:
> This sounds like a good idea: "request confirmation for commonly 
> misunderstood options"
>
> On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 at 19:06, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk 
> <mailto:forums at david-woolley.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>     On 02/10/2021 18:53, David Woolley wrote:
>     > I guess tools could indicate country specific assumptions, when
>     > providing arrays of check boxes, and give detailed explanations
>     > (although simply greying out is probably wrong, as there may be
>     cases to
>     > override assumptions - maybe greyed with and without a check
>     mark?), and
>     > request confirmation for commonly misunderstood options,
>
>     Oops, I mis-edited the above when composing, and the parentheses
>     are in
>     a confusion place.  It was supposed to say:
>
>     I guess tools could indicate country specific assumptions, when
>     providing arrays of check boxes, (although simply greying out is
>     probably wrong, as there may be cases to override assumptions - maybe
>     greyed with and without a check mark?) and give detailed
>     explanations,
>     and request confirmation for commonly misunderstood options
>
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