Kansas/Places/Main

Hospitals / Urgent Care

Only Hospitals, Emergency Rooms, and Urgent Care Facilities should use the Hospital / Medical Center category. This category is to be used for places offering urgent / emergency care. Other medical facilities such as clinics and medical offices which do not offer urgent medical care for walk-ins should be categorized as Office. Hospitals should be mapped as an Area Place encompassing the entire medical facility. Additionally, hospital Emergency Room entrances should be mapped as a Point Place at the ER entrance to aid in navigating to the proper entrance.

Parking Lots

Not all parking lots should be mapped. Generally a Parking Lot Place marks a well-defined area constructed for off-street public parking, including parking structures and garages as well as at-grade lots. There are many elements that must be considered before deciding to map a parking lot. Dedicated parking lots for businesses, stores, places of employment, apartment complexes, etc. that are utilized for those specific locations are not to be mapped. Guidelines for parking lots are covered in the Places/Parking Lot wiki.

Gas Stations

In the Plains region, stations are named as Station Name (Brand). If the station brand is unknown, then Station Name. If the station name and brand are the same, then Brand. For example:

MinitMart (Shell)	[Store Name (Brand)]
Joe's Gas & Tackle	[Store Name with no Brand]
QuikTrip	[Store Name & Brand are the same]

Places Minimum Acceptable Information

All Places added to the map must contain the following entries:

• Proper Category
• Place Name
• Address (including address numbers)
• Placed in the correct location on the map

This is the minimum acceptable amount of information for inclusion on the map.

Places Locking Standard

Kansas Place Lock Level Standards

Place Type	Lock Level
Military Installation / Airport	4
Hospitals / Urgent Care / Police & Fire Dept	4
National & State Parks and Monuments	4
Gas Stations / Charging Stations	3
Schools / Universities / Colleges	3
Government Buildings / Consulates	3
City and Local Parks	3
All other places with complete information	3

Complete information includes at a minimum:

• Proper Category
• Place Name
• Address/City (including address numbers)
• Placed in the correct location on the map
• Hours of operation (if available)
• Phone number

These locks are in place to prevent loss of data due to automatic acceptance of Place Update submissions from Trusted Users, or Place Update Request approvals from other editors without careful examination.

If you do not have a high enough enough rank to lock the place as indicated, please lock it as high as you can, and notify a higher rank AM, SM, CM, or Champ to lock it higher.