Proposal:Sunbathing

sunbathing
Proposal status:	Rejected (inactive)
Proposed by:	Vɑdɪm
Tagging:	leisure=sunbathing_area
Applies to:
Definition:	an outdoor location designated for sunbathe
Statistics:
Draft started:	2019-08-21
RFC start:	2019-09-02
Vote start:	2019-10-21
Vote end:	2019-11-05

Proposal

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Example	Icon
leisure	sunbathing_area		an outdoor location designated for sunbathing

Rationale

There is no currently a standard way to tag a designated outdoor location where people can practice sunbathing. Swimming and bathing suggests using landuse=grass to tag a lawn for sunbathing which is actually more suitable for a lawn in general than for a sunbathing area specifically.

Such locations can be usually found next to swimming and bathing areas like beaches and swimming pools, for example at a leisure=beach_resort. But they can also be located somewhere else there is no accessible beach or even access to the water available.

Examples

Locations:

• a designated sunbathing area at the park in Moscow. There are some sunshades installed. Albeight it is located next to a pond, there is no beach there, there isn't a suitable descent to the water and swimming is prohibited there

• at the beach

• next to the pool

Pictures:

• https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/08/1c/b5/60/ligweide-tussen-de-2.jpg
• https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0a/b3/42/e5/ligweide-bij-het-strand.jpg
• Perhaps also http://www.peschici.it/contatore/strutture/output/Foto/5996_9671_189120-20190115-112302.jpg

Tagging

Use leisure=sunbathing_area on a node or on an area which is designated for sunbathing.

Features/Pages affected

Tag:leisure=sunbathing_area would be created.

External discussions

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-September/047844.html or http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Feature-Proposal-RFC-sunbathing-td5947026.html

Comments

Please comment on the discussion page.

Voting

Voting closed

Voting on this proposal has been closed.

It was rejected with 13 votes for, 5 votes against and 2 abstentions.

• I approve this proposal. --EneaSuper (talk) 14:08, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --SelfishSeahorse (talk) 10:43, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Dieterdreist (talk) 11:36, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Miklcct (talk) 06:49, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Mannivu (talk) 20:24, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal. I'd say no. I'd much better take a beach tag and a sunbathing=yes on top. I'm sorry, but there are very few places on the globe where there is sunbathing without a beach. --Empers (talk) 19:47, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. There's plenty of designated sunbathing spots at locations besides beaches, e.g. lawns near artificial outdoor pools. Even at beaches, the sunbathing area does not always occupy the entire beach, so it's useful to separate the concepts. --Tordanik 20:28, 26 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --AgusQui (talk) 14:06, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Michi (talk) 21:20, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Doublah (talk) 07:31, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
• I have comments but abstain from voting on this proposal. I have never seen a beach in Australia 'designated' for sunbathing. They get used for sunbathing, as do other places .. but 'designated'? No. Warin61 (talk) 08:08, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

The only ones 'designated' are for nudism, and that already has a tag. Warin61 (talk) 08:42, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

• I approve this proposal. --Jotam (talk) 11:47, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal. I'd say no. I'd much better take a beach tag and a sunbathing=yes on top.--User 5359 (talk) 20:11, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. I didn't see such objects outside beaches, but if they exist, why don't we have a tag for them. --literan (talk) 09:44, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal. --geozeisig (talk) 07:21, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. For people living in the far North its essential to collect enough UV light for vitamin D3. You can sunbath even at cold temperatures when there is no wind or you have windshields. You can even sunbath in snow if the surface is directed to the sun. This is what I have in mind. --Nacktiv (talk) 07:57, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal. Sunbathing often combines with other leisures or amenities of various kinds. A top-level tag like sunbathing=yes would be much easier to use. --Mueschel (talk) 13:12, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
• I oppose this proposal. I would rather go with sunbathing=* added to a POI instead. --Highflyer74 (talk) 13:13, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

IMHO this is a poor reason for rejecting the proposed tag, because it is clear that a sunbathing=* property makes sense, but it doesn't exclude the possibility of a leisure=sunbathing feature tag.--Dieterdreist (talk) 08:17, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

• I have comments but abstain from voting on this proposal. Whether a place is suitable for sunbathing is rather subjective, the examples given could also be places to play volleyball or do picnics. There are a handful of examples that do designate an area for sunbathing, so I would not oppose the tag per se (although sunbathing=yes would accomplish the same), but the examples given in the proposal are quite subjective. [1] [2] [3]--Ff5722 (talk) 18:40, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
• I approve this proposal. --Vɑdɪm (talk) 08:52, 6 November 2019 (UTC)