In terms of schools, we call them gyms in the UK too. Certainly not sports halls.
Phil (trigpoint) On Thursday, 5 September 2019, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > What is a sports hall? > > Is it what we call a "gym" in America? > > The dictionary definition I found just said it was "a building used > for sports", and the wiki page only says it's a building or part of a > building "used as a sports hall", which doesn't do anything to clarify > the situation. > > I don't see how that is different than the definition of > sports_centre: "a distinct facility where sports take place within an > enclosed area" - which then specifically mentions "it can be a > building". > > I'll admit that we don't use the term "sports centre" in the USA > either, but at least the wiki definition is clearly vague: it's any > enclosed area (including buildings) where sports take place. > > On 9/5/19, Tom Pfeifer <t.pfei...@computer.org> wrote: > > On 05.09.2019 15:48, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > >> Another user would like the proposed tag (used 329 times) > > > > 346 if you count all tags. Look at taghistory and see it has grown from 22 > > in early 2018, thus about > > 15 times. > > > > It was a result of discussion in some communities that time. > > > >> leisure=sports_hall to be added to leisure=sports_centre. > > > > No. You cannot add the value to the same key. > > > > The intention of leisure=sports_hall is to describe facilities better that > > were incorrectly tagged > > leisure=sports_centre, an example are simple school sport halls, which > > certainly are not 'centres'. > > > > > >> However, I believe that rarely used, proposed tags should be approved > >> through the proposal process or should become commonly used > >> organically, before being added to the pages of common tags and keys. > > > > If you look at the history, it is being growing organically. > > A hint to consider a more suitable tag on the centre page tagging cannot > > hurt. > > > >> So, this can be a synonym for a sports_centre, or a tag for a building > >> found in a sports_centre? > > > > More precisely, leisure=sports_hall is for facilities that are not centres. > > Surely a centre can hold, among other facilities to form a centre, one or > > more halls. > > > >> Why not just use building=sports_hall and sports_centre for the whole > >> area? > > > > Because building=* describes the building typology, not the usage. leisure=* > > describes the usage. > > Thus, a purpose-built sports hall is > > leisure=sports_hall+building=sports_hall, while a converted > > church that is now used for sports is leisure=sports_hall+building=church. > > > > tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
