[OSM-talk] tagging seasonal items

Chris Hill chillly809 at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Jun 7 10:30:00 BST 2008


Robin Paulson wrote:
> i'm mapping a stadium, that is multi-use - depending on the time of
> year, it gets used for cricket or rugby. is there any way to tag this
> once, and have the rendering change at the appropriate time of year,
> from one to the other?
>
> will using the date_on and date_off tags work in this way, or are they
> only for setting a one off, absolute event date?
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:access
>   
I think it may be right to just add a separate node tagged for each 
sport.  Fans of the sport will know when their sport takes place.  The 
stadium is drawn and tagged simply as a stadium, each sport or other use 
(such as concerts) could then get a logo rendered to show the use.

Cheers, Chris




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