[Tagging] Swimming pool facilities

Jean-Marc Liotier jm at liotier.org
Mon Sep 18 09:33:19 UTC 2017


On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:56:59 +0200
Selfish Seahorse <selfishseahorse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 18 September 2017 at 09:42, Jean-Marc Liotier <jm at liotier.org>
> wrote:
> > "sport=swimming for a centre containing one or more swimming pools
> > that is mainly focussed on swimming as a sport, including swimming
> > lessons. Use however leisure=swimming_pool to indicate the water
> > areas"  
> 
> This conflicts a bit with the definition of sports centre being a
> 'distinct facility where a *range of sports* take place'.

Hello semi-colon value separator !
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Semi-colon_value_separator

sport=swimming;water_polo;fitness;scuba_diving 
 
> Apart from that, as José mentioned, the main problem is that sports
> centre does not seem to be appropriate for an outdoor swimming pool
> facility that is mainly used for recreation but doesn't meet the
> criteria of a water park.

Lounging & splashing around is a common use of sport swimming
facilities, but their designed use remains swimming as a sport. If it
has swimming lanes, it is definitely part of sport=swimming. If it
doesn't have swimming lanes, then it may lean on the side of the
leisure=water_park



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