Simple question: Should I delete gate nodes at the entrance to gated
communities, or can we agree on a set of tags that will let routing services
know a gate is operable, and is reasonably likely to be passable?
Background:
Almost a year ago I started adding gate nodes in front of the gated communities
which have sprung up in our city over the past few decades. I marked the
streets inside the community with a private tag, and placed a gate node at the
entrance to the community. To me this seemed to reflect the reality on the
ground. In the meantime, routing services have matured, and are becoming
available to the web masses (maps.cloudmade.com for example), but most of the
routing services are seeing the gates and consider them impassable. This makes
routing odd for anyone visiting someone in a gated community or living there.
Is there already a recognized set of tags to let routing services know a gate
is operable? Particularly in gated communities which usually have a punch pad
allowing you to call someone in the community who can remotely open it for you.
If not, does this sound like something that should be added?
The alternative is deleting the gate nodes, which matches the behavior of most
commercial online maps.
Any thoughts?
-Mike
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