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In both cases, the public may not access the road/place, but the owner can.

asked 29 Apr '18, 06:43

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edited 29 Apr '18, 10:54


From the perspective of a data consumer, I've always treated them as identical.

As Hendrikklaas mentions, the access wiki page does have some different wording for "no" and "private", and "no" tends to get used when a transport mode is "not allowed" (e.g. motor_vehicle=no on a street that you could physically drive along, but no-one is allowed to) whereas "private" tends to get used when only certain people are allowed to by the owner, but as far as deciding what to do based on the data, I'd treat them as equal.

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answered 29 Apr '18, 11:10

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The Wiki page for the access=no combo claims that access=no is "stronger" than access=private. For example, the only access=no roads I have seen where I live (north of Stockholm) are inside the fence around Arlanda airport.

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answered 29 Apr '18, 18:44

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In the cases of military and government facilities access=private also would not be quite correct because the land is not privately owned to begin with.

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answered 29 Apr '18, 10:52

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That does not answer the question at all.

(29 Apr '18, 10:54) Shoe Puppet

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