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[Feature Request] Render barrier=hampshire_gate
and other barriers designed to block access.
#4941
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Thanks for the suggestion. For We don't want to render all barrier values with a catch-all because that does not support consistent tagging. We currently render with a point symbol:
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Ahoj,
Why not render all types of gates with the same symbol? I think it is less important to know which type of gate it is, but to know that there is a gate. In fact all of them are gates. ( Regards! |
We currently have some differentiation in that regard - but unifying several different types with a common symbol is definitely a possibility (and already done in some cases). When doing so it is best to keep in mind that the differences in visual appearance should reflect differences in meaning to the target map user. Rendering semantically very different features with the same design while showing similar features with different symbols does not work too well. There is also the option to use a common symbol at low zoom levels while switching to a differentiated rendering at higher zoom levels. |
On Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:58:13 -0800, Christoph Hormann ***@***.***> wrote:
> Why not render all types of gates with the same symbol?
We currently have some differentiation in that regard - but unifying
several different types with a common symbol is definitely a
possibility (and already done in some cases).
When doing so it is best to keep in mind that the differences in
visual appearance should reflect differences in meaning to the target
map user.
Of course, that is also what I find most important.
Regarding those gates, I think the `access=*` tags make much more of a
meaning differentiation than what type of gate it is. At least what I
encounter here in Italia, `barrier=hampshire_gate`, `barrier=chain` or
`barrier=gate` all usually say that you shall not pass; exceptions on
marked hiking trails.
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Rendering of access restrictions on gates has been discussed a bit recently in #4849. |
Based on the description of usage, there seems a good case for rendering I'm less convinced by using the gate symbol as a default rendering for anything described as a gate. There's so much variety that there is always going to be a tension between what is out there, and what can be represented. We already have a symbol for lift_gate / swing_gate, since these are quite distinctive.
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On further thought, I'm confused by In practice, mappers seem to be using it more generally for a pedestrian gate, including where only foot traffic is possible, perhaps because it has a wiki entry. A specific render would encourage misuse.
TL;DR Suggest (and can provide) a PR for rendering |
I would be fine with that but i also think it would be feasible to develop a suitable distinct symbol.
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I won't rush to a PR in case somebody has a good idea for a distinct symbol. |
Ahoj,
here in Italia, where I have been mapped around the location I am currently, there are many
barrier=hampshire_gate
s and somebarrier=chain
s, obstructing or forbidding entrance (access=private
) to tracks and driveways.On the standard rendering of the map at openstreetmap.org I see that only
barrier=gate
is rendered.I hereby suggest to render also other obstructing barriers.
barrier=hampshire_gate
safely can be rendered with the same symbol as abarrier=gate
, I suggest (in fact it is a type of a gate). But more generally, I think all barriers that are designed to block access to a way could be rendered with the same symbol.Regards!
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