[Tagging] Fishing allowed?

[André Pirard]

On 2012-09-10 18:46,  Jason Cunningham wrote :
> On 10 September 2012 14:05, Jonathan Bennett 
> <openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk <mailto:openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 10/09/2012 12:36, teuxe at free.fr <mailto:teuxe at free.fr> wrote:
>
>     > I would like to store information about the legality of fishing
>     a lake, a river, etc.
>     > Is there already any tag with such a meaning?
>
>     fishing=yes/no ?
>
>
> There is a tag leisure=fishing thats already being used
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dfishing
>
> Bit surprised by the lack of info on the wiki page. I'd have though 
> someone would have drawn up proposals for a way to tag other info 
> linked to fishing.
> With regards to lawfulness of fishing I think it's a bit more 
> complicated than yes/no? as pointed out in other emails

Even more surprising, I can't find tagging for a pond or pool, fishery, 
you name it, that was fitted for fishing.
People come and pay for fishing (and the wife sits doing her knitting).

On 2012-09-10 17:53,  John F. Eldredge wrote :
> Note that you may need to have both a government-issued fishing 
> license and also permission from a landowner, depending upon where you 
> are fishing.

Let alone the wife's permission ;-)

Is a map really a good place for a *general* fishing information (database)?
Or is it website=www.local.reglations -> other www?

I think that website= is too often overlooked.
I asked JOSM to recall it in their Preset menus.

land (water?) owner *is* of course appropriate, if he agrees to be 
mentioned.

This all recalls me a Natural Science teacher.
- throw any animal in the water, it will come out
- not true
- [cut to the quick] what???
- not the fishes
He told everybody and laughed for 3 days.

André.


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/attachments/20120911/80310a67/attachment.html>