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

[sergio sevillano]

El 21/09/2010, a las 17:02, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer escribió:

> 2010/9/21 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 en gmail.com>:
>> On 21 September 2010 18:38, Ed Avis <eda en waniasset.com> wrote:
>>> However, if you were writing a routing program, it would be unwise to assume
>>> that you can drive through a barrier=gate if no additional access is specified.
>>> Often a gate is locked shut.
>> 
>> You can only make that assumption for your area, however as Liz points
>> out, in other places the gate is for animal control, not for limiting
>> access.
>> 
>> In other cases the gates are opened at sunrise and shut at sunset.
> 
> Yes, these are all common situations in Europe as well, that's why we
> should strongly advice to add additional tags to gates.
> 

thats a good idea 
lets put access a mandatory tag  (not just useful)
along barrier=gate

so editing soft always ask for it
and error software (as keep_right) highlights it as missing info.


> cheers,
> Martin
> 
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