Often in my travels I come across something like this:
http://85a.uk/stile_gate2_1280x720.jpg
http://85a.uk/stile_gate_1280x720.jpg
Should this be mapped as a stile or a gate? Or both side by side?
If the latter, which node should the way be connected to?
It's a public right of way on foot, and walkers need to know that they
must climb a stile if the gate is locked. But if you "map what you see
on the ground" (which is the supposed golden rule), it is simply a track
passing through a gate.
If I split the way in two, and have a short section of footpath passing
over a stile *and* a track passing through a gate, it looks daft on the
map, as if there is a Clapham Junction in the middle of a grassy field.
And if I do that, is it essential to split out the short bit of the
track through the gate, from which the public right-of-way designation
(and ref number) is removed?
thanks,
Martin.
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