<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 12:33 AM, Warin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I think of table tennis as a sport, so see no reason why the playing
area for table tennis should not be tagged as a pitch in OSM.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In British English, "pitch" has a specific meaning with respect to sport. The equivalent in US and Canadian English<br>is "playing field" or "sports field." It is grass or artificial grass for running around, and being tackled to the ground.<br>Grass or artificial grass to prevent injuries when being tackled to the ground. Grass or artificial grass to prevent the<br>surface being churned to mud on rainy days.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It makes no sense whatsoever, in British English, to talk of a table tennis pitch any more than it would be to talk of a<br></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">table-tennis field. There's a reason it's called "table tennis" not "pitch tennis" or "field tennis." Pitches are large<br>enough for 22 men to run around on (smaller versions for kiddies) kicking or throwing or hitting a ball.<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Chess? Not certain if that can be classified as a 'sport' ...
certainly a game of skill. Should there be another OSM key for games
of skill? <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Whatever you classify chess as, it's played on a board, not a pitch or a field. Maybe if you play with human pieces (a<br>novelty game) you might play it on marked grass but it would still be referred to as a board, not a pitch.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Looking through th eOSM list of sports ... Yoga? As a sport</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I tried yoga once. It tasted like sour milk to me.<br></div><br>-- <br></div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Paul<br><br></div></div></div></div>