[OSM-newbies] Private swimmingpool

[Steve Bennett]

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net> wrote:
> That aside, before entering what appears to be a private street, even if
> not correctly posted according to law, I ask myself what value will be
> derived from it, and for whom I am mapping. In the present case, IMO,
> putting the pool of a single-family residence on the map is a waste of my
> time, OSM resources to store and render the feature, and map clutter for
> the ultimate consumer, for almost no benefit (other than maybe for  someone
> who wants to count pool density). When it's a feature shared by hundreds of
> people, and many potential residents, it seems more worthwhile (though not
> extremely).

The use case I usually think of is someone printing a map of the
individual facility: a university, a school, a hospital, a resort,
whatever. A school might be "private", but it's still worth being able
to print maps for. Could you extend that to a an apartment block with
a pool inside? It's a real stretch.

The concept of "private" is really a scale. At one extreme might be a
house in a gated community, and at the other, a shopping mall, which
is technically "private", but virtually anyone is allowed in.
Somewhere in the middle are schools and universities, office blocks
and so forth.

Steve