[OSM-talk] park barrier

[Mike Harris]

I tend to disagree - the purpose, design and access aspects of a turnstile are normally very different from those of a stile. I think there is a good case for barrier=turnstile - even, if like many other barrier tags, it is not yet rendered. I do not regard a turnstile as a subtype of 'stile'. 

Mike Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: John Smith [mailto:delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com] 
Sent: 27 July 2009 06:26
To: Vikas Yadav; Shaun McDonald
Cc: osm-talk; Karl Newman
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] park barrier




--- On Sun, 26/7/09, Shaun McDonald <shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk> wrote:

> I think that you should use
> barrier=turnstile, otherwise data users will think they are 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stile

"Turnstiles were originally used, like other forms of stile, to allow human beings to pass whilst keeping sheep or other livestock penned in."

So barrier=stile is still the most correct barrier tag, however if you want to save people from being confused you subtype, eg stile:type=turnstile