Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 26. Februar 2012 09:45 schrieb Mike Valiant mike_vali...@hotmail.com: If the gate is a node on a way that passes through the gate then I would have thought    barrier=gate and maxwidth=xxx    on the node that is the gate would be more appropriate. It defines the maximum size of vehicle

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Andrew Errington
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:26:05 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am 26. Februar 2012 09:45 schrieb Mike Valiant mike_vali...@hotmail.com: If the gate is a node on a way that passes through the gate then I would have thought    barrier=gate and maxwidth=xxx    on the node that is the gate would be

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Mike Valiant
That not what the wiki for maxwidth says: a width limit for using the way - no mention of whether it is a legal restriction or not. And in the discussion of maxwidth width restriction can be physical, or purely legal //Mike Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:26:05 +0100 From: dieterdre...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 26. Februar 2012 13:17 schrieb Mike Valiant mike_vali...@hotmail.com: That not what the wiki for maxwidth says:  a width limit for using the way  - no mention of whether it is a legal restriction or not. And in the discussion of maxwidth width restriction can be physical, or purely legal

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Mike Valiant
IMHO a physical restriction is as important as a legal restriction. If I have a wide vehicle and I was using routing software using the OSM database it would be useful to be able to put in my vehicle's width and then the routing software could parse for maxwidth as a restriction along the

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 26. Februar 2012 13:53 schrieb Mike Valiant mike_vali...@hotmail.com: IMHO a physical restriction is as important as a legal restriction. If I have a  wide vehicle and I was using routing software using the OSM database it would be useful to be able to put in my vehicle's width and then the

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
This was discussed intensely some time ago for maxheight, I suggest you read the archives on this. I agree that a physical restriction is Originally there was little mention of any of them tags depicting purely legal restrictions. Even access/*=no was unsuitable or not allowed, but later, as it

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Mike Valiant
Originally there was little mention of any of them tags depicting purely legal restrictions. Even access/*=no was unsuitable or not allowed, but later, as it was deemed unverifiable, the only legal started creeping into all sorts of tags, where it may or may not be the common usage, or

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread LM_1
I agree that maxwidth=any_number should be interpreted as general restriction without discrimination. Generally I'd like to see a clearly distinctive tagging of legal (am I allowed to) vs. physical (will I not get stuck) aspects, but that is much broader issue than maxwidth. maxwidth might

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Volker Schmidt
I must admit that I haven't checked the wiki. The thing started with warnings by JOSM that said that I should not apply width to a node. I checked tag info and that confirmed that the use is sporadic only. To me width fits perfectly to a node of type barrier like a gate or a cycle barrier Volker

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-26 Thread Shawn Michael
On 02/26/2012 09:16 AM, Mike Valiant wrote: Originally there was little mention of any of them tags depicting purely legal restrictions. Even access/*=no was unsuitable or not allowed, but later, as it was deemed unverifiable, the only legal started creeping into all sorts of tags,

[Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-25 Thread Volker Schmidt
I would like to tag the width (horizontal clearance) of a gate. The typical application are mountain trails that pass through livestock fences by means of various types of gates. The trail typically has no width, but the gate may have it. The key width can only be applied to a way, not to a node

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-25 Thread John F. Eldredge
Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com wrote: I would like to tag the width (horizontal clearance) of a gate. The typical application are mountain trails that pass through livestock fences by means of various types of gates. The trail typically has no width, but the gate may have it. The key

Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate

2012-02-25 Thread Andreas Balzer
Hi,using barrier=gate on a single node and therefore the width key is the documented approach in the wiki. :-) However as far as I know there is nothing specifying the thickness of the gate. Andreas Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:48:43 + From: grahamjones...@gmail.com To: