I agree with Phil, stadium is stretching the point too. Jerry
On 1 February 2014 21:11, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 20:41 +0000, Dan S wrote: > > leisure=stadium is appropriate for these? > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dstadium > > Stadium is not really appropriate for racing circuits like Silverstone. > A stadium implies an area surrounded by grandstands, which may be > appropriate in the US for NASCAR circuits, but not really for the open > circuits we have in the UK. > > I believe that Silverstone is also an active airfield. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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