[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Tagging natural or informal swimming holes?

[Yves]

On the contrary, where there's water you can technically swim.
I'm not against mapping informal places, but they should be well known for such activities.


On 25 avril 2014 15:07:15 UTC+02:00, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
>On Thu, 2014-04-24 at 23:03 -0700, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>> How best should I tag informal swimming areas?  These typically have
>> no lifeguard or facilities. An example deep-content site for these
>> types of holes is:
>> http://www.iforgotthename.com/
>> 
>> 
>> In OSM is it best to create an area and tag
>> sport=swimming/name=xxxx/access=/fee=no?
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dswimming
>> 
>> 
>Forgetting the tagging for a moment, is it not irresponsible to be
>mapping and thus being seen as encouraging such activities?
>
>Every year when there is hot weather there are warnings not to swim in
>lakes and rivers, and these are inevitably followed by reports in the
>media of a tragic loss of life. 
>
>The last thing OSM needs is to be seen as contributing to such
>tragedies.
>
>Phil (trigpoint)
>
>> 
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>> Separately: there are quite a number of communities mapping
>geographic
>> data, like
>> the swimming hole site, that could but don't use OSM.  I see good
>> potential for integration
>> for mutual benefit.
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