[Tagging] leisure=practice_pitch a bad idea because too overspecific for a main tag ?

[Illia Marchenko]

Marc_marc <marc_marc at mailo.com>:

> Hello,
>
> Le 30.01.23 à 16:24, Illia Marchenko a écrit :
> > leisure=practice_pitch is not suitable for full game.
>
> I had not seen that this tag was documented and in the history
> we already see the 2 opinions:
> when you see an XYZ sports field, do you have to be an expert
> in that sport with a measuring device in your pocket to know
> if the field is suitable for a match or only for training ?
> the news shows from time to time a sports field suddenly becoming
> a "training pitch" because the legislation has changed. but if
> you ask 1000 contributors who haven't heard the news, i doubt that
> any contributor would choose another secondary tag than leisure=pitch
> the dimension aspect should be given either by its dimennsions in osm,
> or in a secondary tag and not carried by the main tag.
> the documentation of the tag before the last modification on the subject
> showed well that the current situation is to use leisure=pitch also for
> the training grounds
>

See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Practice_pitch

leisure=practice_pitch is intended for pitches that are physically
unsuitable for normal game - for example, small basketball pitch with one
basket.

Regards,
Illia.

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