> As a mapper I try to map the 'marked area', the marked lines used to > create the court/pitch. This makes somewhat easier work for me and very > objective.
I, on the other hand, find it easier and also more logical to map the whole area that has the same surface. On Mon, 22 May 2023 at 10:15, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As a mapper I try to map the 'marked area', the marked lines used to > create the court/pitch. This makes somewhat easier work for me and very > objective. > > It also make it easy to map an area that has a tennis court, a > basketball court and a netball court all co-located. > > The rendering of 3 rectangles can be had once zoomed in. Sometimes the > courts are all in the same direction, sometimes a court can be at 90 > degrees to the others. > > I would not attempt to map that as 'the playing area'. Some of them have > a common fence as a barrier to balls going 'out of bounds' into traffic > or getting lost in the bush. > > > If you map "the playing area' .. how far do you go? > > A cricket ball, golf ball or a football can travel a long way outside > the marked area.. > > I'd think that 'the playing area' could be very subjective. > > > On 22/5/23 06:08, Raphael wrote: > > Hello everyone > > > > Does the area outside the sidelines of a pitch up a board, a fence, a > > change in surface or similar belong to a pitch (sports field) or not? > > I'm asking because there's [some disagreement][^1] about how to map > > `leisure=pitch`: [like this][^2] or [like this][^3]? > > > > Unfortunately, Wikipedia is unclear: in the article on [out of > > bounds][^4] it says that 'the sidelines are the white or colored lines > > which mark the outer boundaries of a sports field'. However, the > > article on [pitch][^5] states that 'the field of play generally > > includes out-of-bounds areas that a player is likely to enter while > > playing a match'. > > > > Best regards > > Raphael > > > > [^1]: https://lists.openstreetmap.ch/pipermail/talk-ch/2023-May/011920.html > > [^2]: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/46.00564/8.96361 > > [^3]: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/46.93564/7.42376 > > [^4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_bounds > > [^5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(sports_field) > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
