[Talk-GB] Use of leisure=sports_centre at Silverstone etc

[SK53]

I agree with Phil, stadium is stretching the point too.

Jerry


On 1 February 2014 21:11, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 20:41 +0000, Dan S wrote:
> > leisure=stadium is appropriate for these?
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dstadium
>
> Stadium is not really appropriate for racing circuits like Silverstone.
> A stadium implies an area surrounded by grandstands, which may be
> appropriate in the US for NASCAR circuits, but not really for the open
> circuits we have in the UK.
>
> I believe that Silverstone is also an active airfield.
>
> Phil (trigpoint)
>
> >
> > 2014-02-01 SK53 <sk53.osm at gmail.com>:
> > > Today whilst moving bugs over from OpenStreetBugs  I noticed that the
> > > Silverstone GP circuit is tagged leisure=sports_centre and Huntingdon
> > > Racecourse is tagged with leisure=track.
> > >
> > > Whereas it is true that Silverstone is a centre for a sport, my
> > > understanding is that leisure=sports_centre is usually used to map
> > > buildings, usually run by councils, which offer a range of facilities
> for
> > > different sports. Associated playing fields are usually mapped as
> > > leisure=recreation_ground.
> > >
> > > Similarly leisure=track is comprehensible to me, but would not make
> sense to
> > > any automated processing of tag values.
> > >
> > > I've muttered before about how extending the meaning of a tag usually
> > > degrades the tags value. In this case indiscriminate use of
> sports_centre
> > > means that OSM no longer becomes suitable for examining things like
> access
> > > to sports facilites by the general public.
> > >
> > > The other thing that this highlights is the potential need for a
> generic
> > > landuse type tag for areas devoted to some sporting purpose. I've
> noted this
> > > before in the US where people have taken to marking the in-bound areas
> of a
> > > ski resort with leisure=recreation_ground.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts,
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
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