Proposal talk:Changing places
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Hi, thanks for your input. The tag should be amenity=changing_places. I know people compare this to an toilet and want to put it under toilets, but this a separate function and building. So this is the main tag and under this tag we would add the tags/keys of toilets and changing-table. A changing place is a new concept coming from the UK, but is used all over the world now. It has clear descriptions and rules what a changing place is. Thats why we want to add this as a amenity and not a tag under toilets.
Alternative approach
Why not use amenity=toilets + changing_place=*? amenity=changing_places may be confused with changing (dressing) rooms, which are different things and mapped as amenity=dressing_room. Something B (talk) 12:45, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
It's not backwards compatible for people searching for toilets as they'll think a toilet is available, however they are not available for the general public who should use separate toilets. Wheelchair accessible toilets often are available for everyone to use, whereas these are not, hence can easily use the toilet tag. Changing places usually have some form of bed and hoist to help people to use the toilet and get changed. They ate often located in a different location to other toilets due to the larger room that is required. Smsm1 (talk) 13:16, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
- In this case, amenity=disabled_changing_room is more appropriate, because changing_places can be confusing with ordinary changing rooms. Something B (talk) 13:24, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
Not the right route
This isn't going to work as a tagging scheme, not least because you can't have spaces in tag names. But it is not a good approach to create a top-level tag for a sub-category (of toilets) and a scheme that is country (UK) specific.
More viable tagging will involve adding to amenity=toilets.
To get some consensus amongst UK mappers, you are best starting a discussion on the Talk GB mailing list.