[OSM-talk] scuba dive sites

[Nic Roets]

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:39 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 May 2010 14:40, Joe Richards <joefish75 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On searching, I have seen several pages and proposals in the wiki for scuba
>> diving sites and for dive shops.  I am currently tagging up the island of
>> Utila, Honduras, which is well known for its diving.  What can I use as a
>> basic tag type for these two things (a dive location and a dive shop which
>> sells courses, provides equipment etc)?

Judging from edits make by 'staehler', the sport=scuba_diving tag and
shop=scuba_diving tag should be used. Sport=diving tag is no longer
correct. (See my message to him below).
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/4297296

>
> I've seen some dive sites tagged as place=locality

AFAIK, place=locality indicates a place where people stay...

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Hello,

>From your edits, I assume that the sport=diving tag should no longer
be used for scuba diving spots:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/31567779/history

Can you please update the wiki page ?
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport=diving?uselang=en

Regards,
Nic