[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - social facility

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/9/28 Sean Horgan <seanhorgan at gmail.com>:
> I took a stab at a definition and updated the wiki; let me know what you
> think
"A social facility is any place that focuses on improving the lives of others."

that's very generic, while it is true it might still not be very
helpful for a mapper who looks for a certain tag.

I'd be more specific: "Most often, it is a place where social
services, as defined here, are conducted: "

Simply put the whole thing to "A social facility is a place where
social services, as defined here, are conducted: "

just a suggestion.

"There are no restrictions as to who provides the services; it can be
government, faith-based, private, local, national, or international."

IMHO you can cut this after "services" and it is shorter, easier and
more precise.


> "group home".  One of the tag examples in that section of the wiki is for
> "Retirement Home".  Does this cover the need?


it would be one kind of this type, yes.

>  Or is your point that
> "assisted living" is a confusing term?


no, not at all. You are describing the office / place of the
administration and not the place, where the work is done (the home of
the assisted people), right?


> I would say yes. I would tag with
> social_facility=healthcare


really? You would tag a place where heroine-addicts go to consume
their drugs "healthcare"?

> social_facility:for=drug_addicted


I would tag facilities like this as well, but not the one described.


> and maybe add in the description the details about non-disturbed drug use.

nah, we are making the proposal now, don't put the meaning in the
description if you don't have to.


> If the owners of the restaurant have a goal to employ anyone with
> disabilities, then I would say that it is a social facility in addition to
> being a restaurant. You could add the following tags to the POI:
> social_facility=workshop
> social_facility:for=disabled


yes, I think that's what it is. You would combine these with regular
restaurant tags. (The specific place I wrote about is kind of an
association that deals with down-syndrome, so they don't just
coincidentally happen to have a lot of down employees ;-) )


>> There should IMHO also be a subtag social_facility=counsel (?) for
>> places that give advice and support (with a subtag for which kind of
>> advice you get), e.g. family planning, people who live in a rented
>> place, drug addicts, people with debts, psycologic advice, etc.


> I like that idea.  I'm split though as I think we could broaden the
> definition of the "outreach" type, which is currently:
> A non-residential facility that provides social welfare services such as
> advocacy, job placement, veterans services, housing placement, wellness
> programs, daycare, leisure activities. e.g. outreach for veterans


I'd cut this as well: "A facility that provides social welfare
services." Why should it be non-residential? To exclude social housing
projects and the like?

> However, counseling may be different enough of a service to warrant another
> tag.  I could go either way on this.


yes, but it is a "facility that "provides social welfare services" so
I'd put it here and mark it with a subtag.

cheers,
Martin