[Tagging] FW: Parking for businesses..

Seventy 7 seventy7 at operamail.com
Wed May 19 20:15:18 BST 2010


Ok, so what exactly are we trying to achieve here? What are these tags going to be used for - who, why and when? We can have as many classifications as we like, but why? They only lead to confusion and differences in interpretation.

I'm not picking on Anthony here, his is just the email I happen to be replying to :-) 

Personally:
I'm looking at a city centre I'm going to visit, I'm looking out for blue Ps. I don't really care if they're commercial car parks or not.
Mapping the areas around shopping centres? Just make them yellow! I know they'll have car parking, they always do.
Does the sports club I'm visiting have a car park? It goes without saying they are for members and visitors. Just make them yellow!

Can anyone park there? Do I have to have a reason to park there? Am I not allowed to park there?

That should do, surely?

Steve

From: tagging-bounces at openstreetmap.org[mailto:tagging-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Anthony
Sent: 19 May 2010 17:33
To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
Subject: Re: [Tagging] Parking for businesses..

 

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Phil! Gold <phil_g at pobox.com> wrote:


* Anthony <osm at inbox.org>[2010-05-18 20:47 -0400]:


> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Tyler Gunn <tyler at egunn.com> wrote:
> > Almost all of these types of parking lots will have some kind of
> > notice that tow-away is enforced for unauthorized parking.  Sothe general
> > idea is you're free to park there, ONLY if you're visiting thebusinesses
> > serviced by the lot.
>


> Access=destination? No, the public has no right of access.

I thought the description of access=destination matched thisscenario
fairly well.  You're saying that it only applies if the road is publicly
owned?  (i.e. a strict reading of "right of access" rather than"you're
allowed to be here if...")



I do think access=destination should only be used where people have a right ofaccess.  But furthermore, "you're allowed to be here if" isn't thesame as "there aren't any signs saying you're not allowed to be hereif".

If there were a sign which said "anyone may use this parking lot if thisis their destination", maybe access=destination is appropriate.  ButI've never seen such a sign.


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