<div dir="ltr">Perhaps the definition of amphitheatre having to surround the stage is too strict? Surely it is still an amphitheatre if the stage is at the front like a Greek theatre?<div><br></div><div>Doesn't seem to be much consensus on existing examples.....<br><div><br></div><div>Taormina Greek Theatre <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/42403497">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/42403497</a></div><div>Regents Park Open Air Theatre <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26747380">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26747380</a></div><div></div></div><div>Minack Theatre, Cornwall <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/602821183">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/602821183</a></div><div><div><div>Brighton Open Air Theatre <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/104262840">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/104262840</a></div></div><div></div></div><div>Scarborough Open Air Theatre <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/123332467">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/123332467</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 4:27 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Trying to tag this outdoor stage:</div><div><a href="https://hota.com.au/hota-precinct/" target="_blank">https://hota.com.au/hota-precinct/</a></div><div><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=19/-28.00213/153.41696" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=19/-28.00213/153.41696</a> <br></div><div>(Best image is off Maxar Premium if it doesn't come through?)<br></div><div><br></div><div>The photo is of the outdoor stage (the actual stage itself is behind the closed doors), with a roof over it, but the audience sit outside, on the grass, with no seating or roof.</div><div><br></div><div>By their own description "There’s a unique outdoor stage in the parklands for live events" <br></div><div><br></div><div>Options appear to be theatre=open_air <br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:theatre:type%3Dopen_air" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:theatre:type%3Dopen_air</a></div><div>which says "At an open-air stage, the stage has no roof and also the spectators sit outdoors"</div><div><br></div><div>or theatre=amphi</div><div></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:theatre:type%3Damphi" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:theatre:type%3Damphi</a></div><div>"An amphitheater has an <b>oval</b> or <b>circular</b> stage with seating that <b>surrounds</b> the central function area like a modern open-air stadium"</div><div><br></div><div>So neither of those fit the situation where customers sit on the ground, with no cover, in front of a covered stage?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Some discussion from several years ago that doesn't resolve anything:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dtheatre#open_air_theatre" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dtheatre#open_air_theatre</a></div><div><br></div><div>Carrying on from the building itself, would the grassed area out the front where the customers sit, be mapped as a park, or some form of theatre or seating tag (even though there are no actual seats)?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts or suggestions?<br></div><div><br>
</div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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