I would remove such objects where I am surveying. In that case I contacted author of tag with information that amenity=toilets is defined as public toilet.
2015-03-03 16:00 GMT+01:00 John F. Eldredge <[email protected]>: > However, since someone apparently HAS been mapping private toilets, we > need to either decide to remove them, or decide how they should be tagged > to distinguish them from toilets available to the general public. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot > drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > On March 3, 2015 12:34:22 AM Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> "Excluding private toilet seems a sane step for a general purpose map." >> >> Completely private toilets (especially home toilets) may not be mapped >> with amenity=toilet, what solves rendering problems. >> >> Public toilets with restricted access should be mapped with appropriate >> access tag. >> >> >> 2015-03-03 2:58 GMT+01:00 Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]>: >> >>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:44 PM, John Willis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > On Mar 3, 2015, at 7:45 AM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > 2) new key ... private=* ? >>>> +1 >>>> If OSM wants to be used in emergency uses or be flexible for odd data >>>> sets, mapping private toilets (or propane ovens, house-top solar panels, or >>>> places where x is useful >>>> >>> >>> 1) Tagging your neighbor's toilet/oven/Ferrari could easily be seen as >>> coveting those items. I don't recommend it. YMMV. >>> >>> 2) A "private=" tag only works for certain tag types. >>> However a namespace could work. "disused:" is one such namespace. For >>> reference a sample use of "disused:" is: >>> "disused:amenty=toilet , disused:note=Burned down 2014, scheduled for a >>> rebuild August 2015". >>> So you could entertain "private:amenity=toilet". >>> >>> 3) We already have "access=private", a well established tag. The >>> question is which private things should be excluded from >>> rendered maps (e.g. toilets), and which ones should show (e.g. >>> buildings). >>> Excluding private toilet seems a sane step for a general purpose map. >>> Else you get this: >>> >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3066715547#map=18/-16.03918/34.72667 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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