On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 15:24 -0400, Richard Weait wrote: > Also locally, a "gymnasium" is a large indoor sport floor which can be > configured for multiple sports like gymnastics, basketball, > volleyball, murderball, etc. taginfo says only 16 instances of > leisure=gymnasium are in OSM at the moment. A lone gymnasium would > seem unusual around here. They are typically included as part of a > leisure=sports_centre. Does that match with experiences elsewhere? > > Is the distinction between gym and gymnasium too fine? Should > synonyms be found?
I think the distinction is fairly clear. A 'gymnasium' is where gymnastics are done (such as spring board, horse, and various rolls and flips. A 'gym' is more where you stay in one place (or move from location to location after a period of time) but specifically target one area, for example bench-press, chin-ups or sit-ups/push-ups. > And what about martial arts dojos? Amenity=dojo and sport=dojo are > rare indeed with only a handful of entries. I suspect that in western culture, gyms are much more common than dojo's. The fact that theyre rare in OSM, I believe is indicative of their relative rarity (when compared to gyms) in the western world. David _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
