[OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers
Richard Fairhurst
richard at systemed.net
Sun Sep 19 17:02:25 BST 2010
Nic Roets wrote:
>> Nic Roets wrote:
>>> This is because a gate with no access tags
>>> implies that nothing can go through.
>> Where on earth do you get that idea from?
>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:barrier
>in the sidebar under 'implies'
>And AFAIK that rule goes back to 2008.
Wow. The OSM wiki never ceases to disappoint with its limitless provision of
confusing, badly written, half thought-out crap.
So we have a page that says "implies access=no" and then happily contradicts
itself by saying "an entrance that can be opened or closed to get through
the barrier". That's "can be opened" (access=yes), not "can't be opened"
(access=no).
It's probably just as well the wiki documents, not defines. And given the
vast preponderance of highway=gate nodes within (say) highway=footway ways,
the wiki docs look pretty unambiguously wrong.
Anyway, follow-ups to tagging at .
cheers
Richard
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