<div dir="ltr">Thanks, this makes much sense.<br><ul><li>I will update the proposal to use the key covered instead of different values for the type of storage</li><li>I will also change car to vehicle covering caravans, boats, etc. as well</li><li>I agree that amenity or shop would be better that parking as the typical characteristics differ from a regular parking and you would not choose for the facility if you look for long time parking at an airport:</li><ul><li>Storing and retrieving is often by appointment only ( a few days in advance)</li><li>Focus is on best capacity use, not on easy access: you may not be allowed to park your vehicle yourself and it may be needed to move 5 vehicles before yours can be reached</li><li>Oten additional services are provided: disconnecting and connecting batteries, monthly starting, small service jobs</li></ul><li>Amenity is better than shop: most shops are not delivering a service, but goods only; this is comparable with other types of parking</li></ul><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Jan van Bekkum</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri Feb 20 2015 at 5:09:59 AM Bryce Nesbitt <<a href="mailto:bryce2@obviously.com">bryce2@obviously.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 6:22 PM, johnw <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnw@mac.com" target="_blank">johnw@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>I think he’s trying to say that “a storage amenity” is different from "a parking amenity”, because it is not something you would seek out on the map when looking for parking (even long term airport parking, i think) - but rather something you’d seek out when looking for a storage facility for your vehicle, where the vehicle spends most of it’s life parked</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>+1 these are different.</div><div><br></div><div>Fact is rendered maps get boiled down to simple symbols. If a "[P]" parking symbol on a map is to have any meaning, it has to be a lot one could actually park at.</div><div><br></div><div>The same goes for toilets: imagine of the map was cluttered with toilet symbols most of which you could not actually use.<br></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------</div><div>Long term vehicle storage is not the same as parking.</div><div><br></div><div>Parking lots break down into:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Public, free</div><div>2) Public, paid</div><div>3) Destination only, free</div><div>4) Destination only, paid</div><div>5) Private</div><div><br></div><div>The gray area are nominally "shoppers only" destination parking lots where nobody enforces the rule.</div></div></div></div>
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