On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Then yes, I put a node or a short line (if I can draw the fence as >> well) tagged with barrier=gate. Then I split the highway at the node >> with the barrier > > Why? > If there's a gate the highway is continuous & traversable. Doing that > would cause problems for the likes of routers. Why is this such an issue? When you put a bridge in a way, you have to split the highway at both ends of the bridge, yet no one complains that the routers won't be able to figure out how to route someone down the road and across the bridge. When a road surface changes, you have to split the way. Again no problem with routers sending someone down the road. Same thing when a road goes from single lane to double, splits into a divided roadway, speed limit changes, or a multitude of other tags changes that require the way be split. >> and add one of the access tags on the highway itself within the >> restricted area (private/permissive/destination) > > Only if there clear indication such as a sign. > Farm fields have barriers just to prevent the livestock escaping. Why > would you put an access tag to the field entrance gate? > If there's a public footpath passing through that gate you wouldn't put > an access tag, would you? Depending upon what part of the world you live in, gates can be for more than limiting movement of livestock. Around here, fences usually delineate the property line, which shows the general public where the publicly accessible lands end, and the privately owned land begins. Here it is the accepted practice that you have no right to enter privately held land, without the permission of the land owner. I found it rather interesting to note that in the UK, property owners have to assert the right of ownership on their lands, otherwise the public can wander about it at will. I guess that's the difference between a country with a couple hundred years of history versus thousands of years of history. We came in and pretended that there was no history in North America, and we could divvy it up from a clean slate. James VE6SRV _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
