[Talk-us] Parks in the USA, leisure=park, park:type

[Greg Troxel]

Jmapb <jmapb at gmx.com> writes:

> On 4/26/2019 9:49 PM, OSM Volunteer stevea wrote:

>> No, I think leisure=playground aligns a bit more closely with "kids
>> play here," though some people like snap-tight definitions, others
>> consider things as much more elastic.  It's difficult to please
>> everybody; semantics can be messy.
>
> Certainly. But speaking as a map user, if I saw a playground on a map
> and then arrived there and found it was just an empty lot or an
> undeveloped bit of land, I would find fault with that map. So if these
> places (kids play here but it's unofficial) are to be mapped, I'd
> suggest different tagging.

THe issue is that leisure=playground does not mean "kids do play here".

It means instead:

  This is a place that has been established as a place to play, and is
  maintained in such a way that such activities are reasonable.  It is
  more or less open to the public (or perhaps associated with a school
  or other facility, or gated community, etc. for exclusive use of their
  people).  It is almost certainly known as a playground or similar to
  those living in the area.

That excludes play sets in back yards, and places where kids go in the
woods in an ad hoc or against-the-rules manner.

It does mean that leisure=playground access=private is going to happen,
in gated community-ish places.  But that's fine, I think.