I was out walking around and "popping" quests on StreetComplete. I was wondering what the consensus is on the question "Who is allowed to park here?" In this case, it's an ungated parking lot next to a commercial/industrial warehouse with many companies occupying the same space. A few of the parking spots had a sign indicating "reserved for XYZ customers", but most did not. This is not a city-owned parking lot. What's the right answer?
parking lot question
8 Comments
breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
one of the bottom two. Sounds like commercial lot parking?
otter@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
I think some of the spots are also free for anyone? If all three are true, each with a subset of the spots, my gut reaction is to select 'open to anyone'
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Unless you know for sure I'd default to the safe option (only people with permission).
Just cause it really suck to follow osm then get your towed/ticketed or anything, and you don't want to muck up the dataset
pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y
If you don't know for sure, answer "can't say". A tag shouldn't be present if its proper value is unknown.
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
After 11 months consideration and more experience with osm myself, I gotta agree - even defaulting 'safe' is mucking up the dataset in this case
Anonymouse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
What do people put at a place like McDonald's or WalMart? Typically there are no signs saying "customers only", but it'd be strange to park there and walk somewhere. Same for a church, except I've lived in some places where the church parking lot was used by the people using a nearby bus stop.
Mannivu@feddit.it · 4 pts · 2y
I'd choose "Can't say...", leave a note explaining the situation and let someone split the parking or do it myself on PC (or in Vespucci).
InsertUser@en.osm.town · 2 pts · 2y
@Anonymouse I'd probably go customers or private there.