Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 22:34:55 +0100
From: Paul Allen <[email protected]>
To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Tagging] amenity=place_of_worship | Re: Mapping of
indigenous sacred / ceremonial sites
On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 22:06, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]>
wrote:
haven’t we written somewhere in our terms that the information isn’t
reliable? I’m quite sure we have. Some people have to be told that coffee
is hot, kittens must not be dried in the microwave and map data may contain
errors.
Sadly, yes, some people do have to be told these things. Or, to state it
more precisely, many
companies find it necessary to place warnings of such things on their
products to avoid being
sued in court. AGAIN. That's why we have so many warning labels in our
daily lives, telling
us not to do things that the vast majority of us would never think of doing.
We may state that the information isn't reliable, but I don't see that as
an excuse to map things
incorrectly. It's an admission that we make mistakes, not a licence to
deliberately mis-map.
One person in this thread claimed, incorrectly, that there are no access
restrictions to religious
structures and that it is not possible to determine if somebody meets the
restrictions he said
don't exist. Such restrictions do exist and the penalties for contravening
them can be harsh.
Very harsh.
I see no reason to disallow something like access=adherents and every
reason to adopt
it. Even if you think it completely unnecessary, it's not doing any harm
if it represents the
actual situation on the ground better than having access=yes,
access=private or no
access tag at all. It doesn't conflict with any other tagging, and doesn't
break the
semantics of the access=* tag.
[...]
I agree with access=adherents if used as a default, in the event you
don't know any different. Access=yes would apply I think to most
churches in the United States, as anyone is welcome to enter. I know
that's the case for my church.
Mark
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