[OSM-talk] A warning about gates and other barriers

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

M?rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> I prefer asuming that a gate is closed (I tag them with access=private
> in these cases anyway) or you have to indicate allowed traffic
> (foot=yes, bicycle=yes, etc.)). Why do we have to have a default?

The default should be applied by the software evaluating the data. The 
default is not an "OpenStreetMap default" but an "application default". 
A conservative routing engine might assume an unspecified gate to always 
be closed, while others might simply apply a slight penalty for a route 
containing a gate, or even assume it is alway open.

Bye
Frederik