[OSM-talk] sport=golf vs. leisure=golf_course

Alex S. maps at swavely.com
Wed Nov 7 10:39:20 GMT 2007


Þórir Már Jónsson wrote:
> Would it not be better to have sport=golf (or 
> leisure=golf_course)rendered as an icon when placed on a single node, 
> and rendered as an area when it's applied to an area.  Having two 
> different tags with such a similar meaning seems redundant to me.

Not all golf-related facilities are golf courses.  A driving range, for 
example.  Also, not all golf courses are necessarily sport=golf - a 
serious sport golfer would no doubt avoid miniature golf courses like 
the plague.





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