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 On 25 February 2012 22:45, Andreas Balzer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Tagging] How to tag the width of a gate > > > > The key "width" can only be applied to a way, not to a node (e.g. a gate). > > > You could make separate nodes for the two gateposts, with a connecting way > to represent the gate itself, and apply the width tag to that way. > > > To me the easiest answer is to use barrier=gate, width=xxx. > > I can not see any reason why you should not use width for a node, if it is > the sort of node that has a width, like a gate, doorway etc. > > Graham. > -- > Graham Jones > Hartlepool, UK. > > > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list > [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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