Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Baby changing table

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:58:24 -0700

+1 I agree with Paul


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Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Baby changing table
From: Paul Allen
To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 22:56, marc marc <[email protected]> wrote:

however I wonder if it's useful to promote changing_table:height
is there really any use for this tag ?

A parent in a wheelchair might find that useful information, although it would only influence a
decision if there were similar facilities nearby.

same thing for the description key, I can't imagine when it's useful to
describe the table with words so I find it not very useful to promote it

Description is a standard tag applicable (at least in theory) to all objects and used where
there is something that distinguishes the object from others in its class or where it differs
significantly from what might otherwise be expected.  It's rare that I use description=* for
any object, but occasionally it is useful.

I also ask where a changing_table:access=private or =no may be usefull
I think the reasoning used for toilets should also apply to equipment
such as a changing_table: if it is totally private, such as the changing
table in your home bathroom, it is not necessary to add in osm.

Some people may feel uncomfortable changing their baby in public view.  Especially if
a down-market tabloid newspaper recently fuelled fear of paedophiles to boost its
circulation.

even access=permissive seems strange to me for this kind of equipment,
I don't know of any law instituting a right to the changing table, so
all those who are access=yes are access=permissive because their
owner has the right to change their mind without asking someone else

Not sure about this one.  There are all sorts of fine distinctions.  A cafe might have a changing
table for use by customers, or may permit non-customers to use it if they ask.

changing_table:location=dedicated_room
if the purpose is to change the key diaper=room to diaper=yes +
diaper:location=dedicated_room I think this value is an too precise
assumption. the few changing tables I met in a room separate from the
toilets were not in a dedicated room. it was often in the room with
the sinks, the entrance hall of the different toilets or in a
multi-purpose room.

If you never encountered a changing table in a dedicated room then don't map it as such.
I have no problem with future-proofing a proposal.  Because eventually somebody will encounter
a changing table in a dedicated room and wonder how to map it.  Let's decide on a sensible way of
doing it now rather than regretting we had not done so after somebody invents an ad-hoc way of
tagging it.

since this proposal is to replace an existing key, it is useful
to make a short list of current usage and their new key/value

Good point.

don't be afraid of the suggestion list, they are only suggestions to
discuss in order to try to make the proposal as useful as possible.

Don't say that!  You/ll make us seem warm and cuddly.  I've worked hard over many decades to
appear curmudgeonly.

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Paul

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