leisure=stadium is appropriate for these? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dstadium
Dan 2014-02-01 SK53 <sk53....@gmail.com>: > Today whilst moving bugs over from OpenStreetBugs I noticed that the > Silverstone GP circuit is tagged leisure=sports_centre and Huntingdon > Racecourse is tagged with leisure=track. > > Whereas it is true that Silverstone is a centre for a sport, my > understanding is that leisure=sports_centre is usually used to map > buildings, usually run by councils, which offer a range of facilities for > different sports. Associated playing fields are usually mapped as > leisure=recreation_ground. > > Similarly leisure=track is comprehensible to me, but would not make sense to > any automated processing of tag values. > > I've muttered before about how extending the meaning of a tag usually > degrades the tags value. In this case indiscriminate use of sports_centre > means that OSM no longer becomes suitable for examining things like access > to sports facilites by the general public. > > The other thing that this highlights is the potential need for a generic > landuse type tag for areas devoted to some sporting purpose. I've noted this > before in the US where people have taken to marking the in-bound areas of a > ski resort with leisure=recreation_ground. > > Any thoughts, > > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
