[OSM-talk] positioning of barrier = stile

Jonathan Bennett openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk
Sun Nov 15 16:41:44 GMT 2009


David Groom wrote:

> I have been doing the former, but it appears this might stop routing 
> applications allowing a car to travel from c - d as the barrier = stile 
> "blocks" the road to vehicle transport, and so the second tagging option 
> might be better.

Indeed it is. If it helps, think of a way for a road as representing the
centreline of the road, rather than its entire width. That way having
the stile node offset using a short length of footway doesn't seem so odd.

-- 
Jonathan (Jonobennett)




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