Foot routing incorrectly avoids lift gates
Incorrect:
- OSRM avoids passing through lift gates, maybe also other barriers Reason:
- Lift gates are to prohibit acces by motor vehicles, not by foot.
- Other engines correctly allow passing through lift gates.
Example is here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&route=48.52763%2C9.06312%3B48.52758%2C9.06326
Lift gates are to prohibit acces by motor vehicles, not by foot.
That's only true for some. I know a few in my vicinity which also physically keep pedestrians out.
So the best thing to do would be to tag foot=yes on the barrier to make it explicit
Thank you @datendelphin. Are you talking about the same barrier:lift_gates?
These are not good in hindering access for pedestrians. In case they are used to prohibit pedestrian access I assume there will be some sign in addition or access behind is anyhow limited (e.g. for private or customers). Only those then need to be tagged with the correct Key:access tags and not vice versa.
On the wiki page for barrier, the lift gate is describes as
A lift gate (boom barrier) is a bar, or pole pivoted in such a way as to allow the boom to block vehicular access through a controlled point. Combine with access=* where appropriate.
(fat added by me)
I my example city Tübingen there are ~100 of lift gates not tagges with foot=*, only 1 with access=yes https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/15WP In Berlin there are ~1000 of them. So this is not a rare case.
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