On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:16 +0100, "Dave F." <[email protected]> wrote: > Philip Striplin wrote: > > I don't know how common this is, globally, but in this area we have > > three sorts of stile on footpaths. > > > > Type 1 is a simple "step-over" arrangements with a plank of wood > > providing a step about 50cm above the ground. > > > > Type 2 is the same as type 1 with the addition of a trap door beside it > > to allow dogs through. > > > > Type 3 looks more like two ladders leant together - about 150cm high, > > used to get over walls. > > > > The different styles of stiles do have real implications for ease of use > > of the path (have you ever tried heaving 30kg of dog over a stile, or a > > bike over one of the big stiles?) and I think would be useful to show on > > the map. Is there a standard for how to tag this sort of thing? As far > > as I can see, there is only one way of showing a stile.
Sounds to me like coming up with some proposed tags would be a good idea, given the potential of OSM to provide really good walking maps. I agree that "dog_gate=yes" sounds good. As for the types, not sure what the key should be. Without much thought, values could be: type=ladder type=steps type=staircase? Maybe even: type=squeezer type=straight type=parallel type=crossover steps=2 etc. Someone with more experience than me would probably put some more thought into this. An idea of the range of stiles in existence can be found here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matthew.richardson/gatesandstilesofthebritishisles/gallery.htm David _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
