I live in a gated community. The street is partially public access and partially private access beyond a gate.
Is there a way to add the gate and the access change?
If we add gates, a distinction could be made between manned and unmanned gates.
For each gate, add a node with barrier=gate along the street. Then split the street where the gate is, and add access=private to the parts that are within the gated area.
To distinguish staffed and unstaffed gates, use barrier:personnel=no|yes|additional (see wiki).
Example location: OpenStreetMap
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If I had to guess, the part of the street before the gate is likely private as well, even if it isn’t past the gate.
It very likely is private ownership but could well be permissive access. Ownership and access are not necessarily the same values.
For example, I have a cabin in a private area and all the roads there are owned and maintained by the property owners association and thus private. However the roads are open to the general public so the access tags I used on those roads was access=permissive.
I could also, if I wanted add owner='XYZ Property Owners Association' though I don’t think I bothered with that (I will have to check the tagging in the area). Routing for visitors, package delivery, etc. is far more worried about access than ownership so that is what I focus on.