[OSM-talk] tag clarification.

John Harvey john at JohnHarveyPhoto.com
Wed Sep 22 02:44:35 BST 2010


  There are a lot of different views on tagging and correctness.  Some 
common views I have seen:

* What is in the wiki is law.
* What renders in (pick your renderer) is law
* Try to follow the data that exists
* Anything goes

The wiki answer to your question (which apply to pitch and which is sport):

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pitch

doesn't list pitch:baseball which I believe supports the 
leisure:pitch,sport:baseball model.  (pitch is actually a value, not a key)

If you look at the data (many sources such as OSMDoc and 
http://www.gamesforlittletimmy.com/TagStats_100811.txt.gz), sport = 
<value> is common:

                                                                Total,   
nodes,     ways,   relations
     1                sport =                         soccer (   
41975,    7748,   34209,      18)
     2                sport =                         tennis (   
28917,    2962,   25932,      23)
     3                sport =                          multi (   
12466,    2036,   10407,      23)
     4                sport =                       swimming (   
11921,    4829,    7080,      12)
     5                sport =                       baseball (    
8454,    1014,    7432,       8)

And you would be one of the first people to use pitch = baseball.

I would go with leisure:pitch,sport:baseball

John


On 64-07-22 11:59 AM, Eric Jarvies wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to start adding the spanish names to the points/ways I enter, but need further clarification as to the correct way.
>
> Is this how to tag them?;
> name:English Name
> name:es:Español
>
> Or do I need to do this:
> name:English Name
> name:es
> es:Español
>
> Another question.... regarding pitch, which of these apply?:
> 9pin
> 10pin
> american_football
> archery, athletics
> baseball, basketball
> beachvolleyball
> bmx
> boules
> bowls
> canoe
> chess
> climbing
> cricket
> cricket_nets
> croquet
> cycling
> diving
> dog_racing
> equestrian
> golf
> gymnastics
> hockey
> horseshoes
> horse_racing
> ice_stock
> motor, multi
> orienteering
> paddle_tennis
> paragliding
> pelota
> racquet
> rowing
> shooting
> skating
> skateboard
> skiing
> soccer
> swimming
> table_tennis
> team_handball
> tennis
> toboggan
> volleyball
> water_ski
>
> And which is the correct one:
>
> Is it?:
> leisure:pitch
> pitch:baseball
>
> or is it?:
> leisure:pitch
> sport:baseball
>
> Thank you,
>
> Eric
>
> ps- should this type of question be posted here or in the tagging list?
>




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