[Patch] do not render barrier=* without area=yes as areas

[skyper]

Please, do not render closed ways with barrier=* (fence,wall,...) without area=yes as areas

Thanks

[claudius.h@…]

I like the filled rendering of closed barrier=*-areas as it reflects that access to the inner section is limited by the barrier. I vote for leaving it as is.

[skyper]

Replying to claudius.h@…:

I like the filled rendering of closed barrier=*-areas as it reflects that access to the inner section is limited by the barrier. I vote for leaving it as is.

But that is simply wrong. Like highways barriers are drawn as lines and if you want to state that the barrier is an area you have to add area=yes to the closed way.

For access definition use access=* .

[skyper]

Ticket #5782 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.

[Zverikk]

I second this. Usually I filter out all features that cover imagery, making it difficult to trace: leisure, natural, place etc. It would be strange having to hide barrier=* also, as it doesn't denote area feature.

[simon04]

I would consider it more natural to not render the area of a barrier in general. This also corresponds to Mapnik's rendering.

[simon04]

According to Taginfo, area is used only in 0.34% cases together with barrier. Thus, I would not handle this combination specially.

Patch attached to remove the area style …

[skyper]

Replying to simon04:

According to Taginfo, area is used only in 0.34% cases together with barrier. Thus, I would not handle this combination specially.

The percentage almosts doubles if you do not count nodes into it. Though still tiny.

area=yes is not used cause even mapnik did not render it correct until some month ago and it will not get used in JOSM if it is not rendered.

[simon04]

In [4444/josm]:

fix #6440 - do not render barrier=* without area=yes as areas

[skyper]

Thanks a lot !