Nic Roets wrote: > This is because a gate with no access tags > implies that nothing can go through.
Where on earth do you get that idea from? barrier=gate states that there's a gate. The thing about gates, as opposed to (say) walls, is that you can open them to get through. Here are some pictures if I haven't explained it clearly enough: http://www.artlondon.com/photogallery/images/wellmann/Open-gate.jpg http://www.camulos.com/Virtual/wall.jpg cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://gis.638310.n2.nabble.com/A-warning-about-gates-and-other-barriers-tp5547675p5547756.html Sent from the General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk