<div dir="ltr">Interesting topic. There's one near me which I mapped some time ago. You'll note the Bing imagery is clear enough that model planes can be seen! If you feel strongly about the choice of tags then by all means swoop in and edit them: <a href="http://osm.org/way/52927705">http://osm.org/way/52927705</a><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><i>Paul</i><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 14:14, SK53 <<a href="mailto:sk53.osm@gmail.com">sk53.osm@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>I'm struck by the fact there are similar facilities for model boats (two council owned, club operated model boat lakes at <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/116597999" target="_blank">Hoylake</a> & <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/110664447" target="_blank">New Brighton</a>. A friend's model boat club make use of an old gravel pit near heathrow. Larger model railway societies/clubs have fixed layouts (usually indoors). I even once belonged to a war gaming society which owned a whole 2-up, 2-down terraced house, with various rooms dedicated to various periods, allowing gaming to continue from week to week.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of these places seem to be run as clubs, so I'd suggest using a club=* tag as well as any others suggested. Surprisingly, there is next to no use of either club=hobby and the hobby=* key in general.</div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Aug 2021 at 13:57, Chris Hill <<a href="mailto:osm@raggedred.net" target="_blank">osm@raggedred.net</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>They're not models, they fly. They are radio-controlled aircraft. Their 'hangers' are the vehicles the owners usually bring them in. They don't usually have a formal ATC* but the people controlling the aircraft talk to each other on the ground. Not all airfields have a formal control tower or ATC and many don't have hangers.<br><br>* I have been at an event where radio-controlled aircraft had to liaise with an ATC controlling aircraft with self-loading cargo (people) to coordinate the RC aircraft with ATC arrivals and departures, but that is pretty unusual. I held the radio licence and owned the VHF handset that was used.<br><br>Cheers, Chris<br>OSM: chillly<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 August 2021 13:32:07 BST, David Woolley <<a href="mailto:forums@david-woolley.me.uk" target="_blank">forums@david-woolley.me.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre dir="auto">On 11/08/2021 13:10, Andy Townsend wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(114,159,207);padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(173,127,168);padding-left:1ex"><br> Only if it has model hangars and model control towers!<br><br><br></blockquote>You're joking, but model runways are absolutely a thing - from memory I <br>think that<br></blockquote><br><br>Not really. I'm suggesting that to call it a model aerodrome it has to <br>be a model of an aerodrome, not just mown grass used for landing models.<hr>Talk-GB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb</a><br></pre></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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