[OSM-talk] permament access restrictions and routing

[Maarten Deen]

On 2012-12-23 23:53, Chris Hill wrote:
> On 23/12/12 15:41, Stan Berka wrote:
>> Yesterday, I did navigation to my work place here in Warsaw using 
>> Osmand o my G2.  The route I was given led through Warsaw Old Town.  
>> The problem with this is, the Old Town is closed to most vehicles, 
>> year long, except for special vehicles (shop supply, city services 
>> etc).  Thus, the route was completely useless since I'm not a 
>> firetruck driver.  How can this problem be resolved, so OSM routers 
>> can generate more useful?
> that sounds like a highway=pedestrian to me.

You could add a access=destination to it. Then routing should be done 
only to addresses on those roads and the roads should not be used to go 
from A to B.

Maarten