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Single fitness equipment: reject or accept it if there is no other wayspot in that area?
Himalius-ING
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I recall that during the opr times, there were instructions on outdoor fitness equipments that as a group they are 5* nominations but single equipment should be rejected.
And now the latest clarifications say that:
Outdoor and Indoor Playgrounds
- Acceptable:
- Playgrounds in parks and apartment complexes: accept one nomination per play area. If a Wayspot already exists for the play area, mark the individual play structures as duplicates of the play area’s Wayspot. For example, there shouldn’t be individual Wayspots for the slide and swing set within a play area, but rather one for that playground overall.
So, I wonder should we still reject single equipment even when there is no other wayspot in that area?
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Thanks for the feedbacks from AgentB0ss-ING tehstone-ING and Faversham71-ING, here are some adjustments to my queation:
- Should the new playgroud rule apply to outdoor fitness equipments?
- If it should, what do we do with the old reject-single-equipment rule?
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Answers
From Wayfarer Help:
Objects installed in a series - Objects installed in a series can be submitted as a group or individually, depending on the distance between them. If they are relatively close together and share a single sign, consider them as a single Wayspot, but please ensure that the objects are in fact related before nominating. If they are relatively far apart, consider them as multiple Wayspots.
It really depends on the proximity of the individual pieces of exercise equipment. Many Parks have a trail/loop where the exercise equipment is set up in stations spread across the trail/loop. While some parts have them all lumped together. If they are lumped together that would be one Waypoint. If they are spread apart then they would more likely be multiple waypoints.
I don't interpret this as saying a single piece of equipment should be rejected but just that multiples in close proximity should not be individually accepted. Here's an example where 3 such exercise stations were made portals all within the same L17 cell and just over 20m from one another. By today's standards this should just be a single POI.
Thank you, but I don't think this rule applies here since NIA made an exception of playgrouds by stating that we should only accept one nomination per play area.
So, even two sturctures are far from each other, as long as they are in the same play area, there should only be one wayspot.
But this isn't a discussion about playgrounds, this is sports equipment - not the same things.
While a playground and exercise equipment are two different things. The rule doesn’t say 2 Playgrounds in a park. Just 1 waypoint per playground. Let’s say a single playground consists of a Slide and a Swingset you can’t submit both.
”One nomination per play area”
So even then as long as the exercise equipment is spread apart it’s all separate.
Sorry, I don't quite understand this post...
Do you mean that the new playgroud rule does not apply to exercise equipments, thus the only available rule on this issue is the rule you stated before and your opinion does not change?
Yes, this concerns me as well.
Some people in my community, including me, tend to assume that the new playgroud rule also applies to fitness equipments, because they are similar in many ways.
I will edit my queation to make it more clear.
I agree with your interpretation of the new rule, but I am still not so sure that the old reject-single-equipment rule is no longer in effect.
By the way, about your example, I am now slightly confused about the definition of a 'play area'. Well, to protect users, the bases of these fitness/entertainment equipments are usually made of soft materials. I generally assume that equipments in the same connected soft-base area are to be seen as in the same play area, and if the bases of two groups of equipments are not connected, they are not in the same play area.
So, according to this very biased definition, these exercise stations should be seperate wayspots, if their bases and the trail that connects them are made of different materials.
I don't think the base area materials matter - some play areas are still unfenced and on grass, I think it's merely proximity and there is a question of subjective judgement as to what forms a grouping. Personally if we're are talking about adult fitness stations rather than children's play equipment, I would consider fitness stations placed 10 -20ft apart but along a path still a grouping and one POI. If they're along a path and a good 200 yards apart they would be separate POI. Where the boundary between a group and distinct POIs falls is subjective.
Okay, let me try to break in down a little differently. Let’s say you have 3 separate playgrounds at a park. Each individual playground at the park could each have a waypoint. So 3 total waypoints. However let’s say a playground has a massive slide and a really nice swingset. The slide and swing set are part of the same playground so only could be 1 waypoint. As they are part of the same playground.
Exercise equipment if all grouped together in 1 big station would only be eligible to have 1 waypoint. However 10 different stations throughout a park because they are separated by distance would all be eligible as they are their own “area”.
So here is an example of when to do just one PoI for exercise equipment. They are all on the same pad and havee no distance between them. So here you wouldn't submit each individual piece of equipment
Here is a good example of the distance between pieces of equipment where you can then submit multiple nominations. You can also see where some stations are close enough together that they probably should just have 1 spot for the two of the stations.