I think barrier=gate is more for open/closing gates across a highway (like a farm gate for instance) whereas barrier=cycle_barrier is for the typical offset barrier you see on paths/cycleways. Also tagging the barrier node as bicycle=yes|true might help the routing.
Kevin On 20 July 2010 18:11, Peter Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > Near to Littlewick Green there is an off-road section of Sustrans > National Route NCN4 which has series of gates across it. They are plotted as > nodes on the cycle path, tagged as “barrier=gate”. > > > > The map is here - > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.5088&lon=-0.78743&zoom=16&layers=00B0FTF > > > > These are proper gates, on a wide path, that act as barriers to cars. > However, they are not barriers to pedestrians or cyclists, who just walk or > ride around them. > > > > Open Cycle Map routes through the gates. > > Gosmore doesn’t – it shows a route that takes a long way round on proper > roads (which is a bit strange on a national cycle path!) - here - > http://nroets.dev.openstreetmap.org/demo/index.html?lat=51.49958&lon=-0.78261&zoom=15&layers=B000FTFTT > > > > Any thoughts on the best way to address this? > > > > My take is that one option would be to plot the little diversions that the > cycle path takes around the gates, and mark them as part of the cycleway. > > Another approach would be to use some combination of tags that marks these > as gates that are barriers to cars, but not to cycles or pedestrians. > > > > I’m inclined towards the first, since that would be the most accurate > reflection of what is on the ground, but it does seem unnecessarily > complicated. > > I am not sure what the best combination of tags for the second would be. > > > > I am aware that this kind of thing must have been discussed somewhere > before now, so my apologies in advance if I am raising it unnecessarily. > However, I have not been able to find any guidance, so a link to any > guidance that exists would be a big help. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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