[Tagging] change bicycle_parking=floor to surface

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Mon Feb 3 07:01:51 UTC 2020


On 3/2/20 3:45 pm, John Willis via Tagging wrote:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:bicycle_parking
>
> looking over the discussion page, they added =floor in sept 2017 (in 
> response to various questions) to not only be a =surface substitute, 
> but for it to be combined with building=yes to tag fully enclosed 
> bicycle parking buildings (not sheds, nor covered=yes roofs, but full 
> buildings). I understand the reason - so the type of stands can be 
> tagged onto an existing building=yes polygon (rather than using 
> something like parking=multilevel).
>
> Currently, =floor makes up 0.15% of usage (256 uses), the lowest of 
> all the documented values (compared to stands at 109,000 / 63%).
>
> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/bicycle_parking#values
>
> this may seem like a little thing, but there will thousands more if 
> just Japan is properly mapped.


I understand the need.

I don't think the solution of using surface will do.


surface=paved says nothing about if the bicycle can be secured and what too.

Nor does it say anything about how the bike is held.


The bicycle_parking key is used for lots of things...

buildings/sheds

stands/racks

A very poor key!


I think the key should be replaced.


Buildings and sheds already have a key building=* so those values can be 
depreciated.


Stands/racks are all indications of how the bike is held while parked.

bicycle_holding=stand/rack/bollard/post/* ?


Then the issue of securing the bicycle?

bicycle_secure=lock,supervised,provided_lock,*


???






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