[Tagging] tagging sport=shotput or sport=shot_put?

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 03:56:15 UTC 2016


A sample ...
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-28.23560/153.56404

Has;
running track
discus/hammer throws
football
hockey
jumping
cricket
bowels

All individually entered and enclosed in a landuse=recreation_ground.



On 29/03/2016 9:29 AM, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> Warin wrote on 2016/03/28 23:15:
>
>> I would map each sport as individual pitches/tracks (running is a 
>> track type thing).
> > Then add the relevant sport to the individual pitch/track. That way 
> I can 'see' where each sport is.
>
> So what do you do when multiple athletic disciplines are performed on 
> the same pitch/track?
>
>> The present 'system' in the sports key is duck tagging.
>
> There is a lot of those from the early days, yes. That does not mean 
> it is necessary to introduce a whole lot more.
>
>> For example ... football could have been tagged
>> sport=football
>> football:soccer=yes
>
> I gave you an example where subtagging in sport worked well.
>
>> Is one method better than the other? I don't think there is a clear 
>> winner there, more personal opinion.
>
> The way to deal with chaos is structure, in my opinion.
>
>> To get back to part of my original question ... shot_put looks to be 
>> preferred over shotput.
>
> Good, one thing we agree on.
>
> tom
>
>
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