On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 02:07:15PM +0100, Philip Barnes wrote: > On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 23:03 -0700, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > > How best should I tag informal swimming areas? These typically have > > no lifeguard or facilities. An example deep-content site for these > > types of holes is: > > http://www.iforgotthename.com/ > > > > > > In OSM is it best to create an area and tag > > sport=swimming/name=xxxx/access=/fee=no? > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dswimming > > > > > Forgetting the tagging for a moment, is it not irresponsible to be > mapping and thus being seen as encouraging such activities? > > Every year when there is hot weather there are warnings not to swim in > lakes and rivers, and these are inevitably followed by reports in the > media of a tragic loss of life. > > The last thing OSM needs is to be seen as contributing to such > tragedies.
a good map can prevent some tragedies by mapping hazards and places which are better suited than others. Richard _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging