[mkgmap-dev] Test if POI is part of a line

Tue Oct 11 11:53:38 BST 2022

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 10:51:07PM +0200, Felix Hartmann wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 22:05, ael <witwall3 at disroot.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 09:39:11PM +0200, Felix Herwegh wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have mapped gates in a fence/wall which are not on routable lines.
> > These are very important if you are to find your way out of an enclosure
> > or field. I am thinking of just such a place on a rugged hillside where
> > the location of the gate can not be seen until quite close.
> >
> 
> Are you sure this is correct tagging? I think this would merit a
> highway=path - maybe with low visibility (key visibility)

Yes. There was no path: just an open field - well an enclosed area of
hillside with walls and fencing to retain livestock. I entered it
expecting to be able to cross and exit somewhere on the far boundary,
but found myself trapped inside. It took a little while to find my way
back to the gate. So no sensible path at all. Unless one invented a
tiny path just crossing the boundary. It seems entirely legitimate:
very similar to "entrance" on a building.

After that I also recorded the location of gates through walls and
fences in the area, although I think in most of those cases there were
footways that I also mapped. But not always. 

ael