[OSM-talk] Emergency Access Only - How to tag?

[Kev]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2009/8/7 Kev <osm at kevswindells.eu>:
>   
>> *Hi All,
>>
>> I've been out gathering some more GPS traces to map unmapped parts of
>> Nottinghamshire and have come across a few barriers which are signed
>> "Emergency Access Only"
>>
>> For the time being I have tagged the one I came across as
>> "highway=footway"  (by breaking the way at the nodes either side of the
>> break) so as to make it un-routable, but should this be tagged in a
>> different manner - i.e. a node saying "barrier:**emergency_access", or
>> is there already a correct way of tagging this?
>>
>> If there is a correct way of doing this I would suggest adding a note to
>> the barrier wiki page to make it easier to find.
>>     
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access
> there is the class emergency
>
> cheers,
> Martin
>   

Hadn't noticed that (probably down to my inability to spell "emergency"

Presumably in this case
highway=residential
access=emergency; foot; bicycle

As there is also a physical barrier should that not also be recorded?