[OSM-talk] areodraome / airport WAS Islands

[Ulf Lamping]

Ben Laenen wrote:
> Furthermore, there are dozens of aerodromes for every airport, which is 
> another reason why the airports should be easy to spot.
>   
Well, this completely confused me now! If an aerodrome is a small 
airport (or an airport for small planes), how will an airport contain 
several aerodromes then?!?
> On the same topic: is there a tag to map the full aerodrome area, like 
> one would display parks and forests, instead of just having a node in 
> the middle of it?
>   
It would be easy to extent the aerodrome/airport tag for an area as well.
>> In my view they should all be called aerodrome but with the
>> additional tags that define if it's a facilities and landing strip
>> construction. Having said that, for the layman, place=airport is a
>> logical poi tag.
What would the poi tag be useful for, if there's an airport/aerodrome 
tag for the area?

Regards, ULFL