[OSM-talk] barrier=tool_booth also for automated toll cameras?

[Ulf Lamping]

Greg Troxel schrieb:
> David Lynch <djlynch at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 12:45, Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
>>> Is it ok to use barrier=toll_booth for portals over the road with
>>> cameras for automated toll collection, like the ones used for LKW
>>> Maut (HGV toll) in Germany?  To me, toll_booth indicates a physical
>>> barrier, and a portal is no barrier.
> 
>> I've been using it for electronic toll collection, even though it
>> doesn't require stopping.
>>
>> There probably should be some tag like "highway=toll_collection" to
>> cover places where tolls are collected in addition to
>> barrier=toll_booth where an actual stop is required.
> 
> To me, toll booths are features like stop signs and traffic lights.
> Barriers are things like gates that you more or less can't get through,
> or are an unusual hassle.

Well, as the name toll *booth* implies, to me highway=toll_booth or 
barrier=toll_booth is about where someone sits in a booth and collects a 
toll from you. You'll very often also find a barrier=lift_gate to 
"enforce" the toll - and I would think barrier=toll_booth implies these 
kind of gates together with a booth ;-)

This wouldn't IMHO include the (automated) toll portals often found at 
german motorways - no booth involved! This reminds me more of a 
speed_camera or maybe even surveillance than of a "classical" toll booth ...

Maybe something like highway=toll_surveillance ? Or some native speaker 
here with a better term?

Regards, ULFL