[talk-au] Showgrounds

[Craig Feuerherdt]

This is exactly my point and gets back to another thread from a few weeks
back regarding tagging schools and the sometimes multiple uses that each
building can have (ie after hours classes, church groups on a weekend etc
etc). From memory I believe that discussion was resolved by tagging
start/end times for particular groups and the same could be done on specific
buildings/facilities within any area.

I just want a consistent approach to tagging these areas that are definitely
NOT used for recreation in the simple sense of sports on an oval. (there is
a whole other discussion there regarding the semantics of what constitutes
recreation but lets not go there).

I am in two minds after considering Steve's suggestion of
"landuse=recreation_ground, recreation_ground=showground" and my suggestion
of "landuse=showground" to tag the extent of the area. There are pros/cons
either way and perhaps (like a few other discussions on this list) that name
is actually the most important piece of information ie Bendigo Showgrounds (
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-36.7386&lon=144.2714&zoom=14).

Craig

On 30 July 2010 22:27, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Meh. I look at the definition of landuse=recreation_ground and I think

> it could include almost anything. Maybe you're right. There are so few

> showgrounds it won't matter much either way.

>

> Steve


> Actually there are a lot of showgrounds.  Pretty much every rural town

has a designated show area, and if you talk about something being held

at the showgrounds, the locals all know where you mean.  But most of

the year, it's used for other things.  Any permanent halls are often

used for clubs to meet in, any weekly markets may well be held in the

show grounds, etc.


> During the show, everything else stops. But about 50 weeks of the

year, it's used for other things.


> Example, a local showgrounds near me has the show for about 1.5 weeks

each year.  But the rest of the year, it holds a market each week,

several of the halls are used pretty much every night for various

clubs (eg one hall has four different dance groups, indoor bowls, and

a music group every week), there's a church each week in one of the

other halls, several equestrian events each year in the ring, concerts

sometimes, running & athletic events in the grounds.  It's still

called the showgrounds, though.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/attachments/20100801/1eaee095/attachment.html>