[OSM-talk] amphitheatre

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 01:50 2021-06-25, Martin Koppenhoefer đã viết:
> this is something that would probably be more suitable for the tagging mailing list to discuss (cc ing). There are similar examples, maybe building=detached. Once certain numbers have been reached, it becomes more difficult to overcome such issues, because well meaning gardeners will come along and retag theatre:type=amphitheatre to amphi for the sake of unification.

I hope these gardeners don't take the wiki too literally. According to 
the wiki, both theatre:type=amphi and theatre:type=open_air would 
exclude a modern amphitheater -- that is, a stage that is covered by a 
canopy and only partially surrounded by a semicircular seating area. If 
a new tag is required for this common case, then I would suggest 
theatre:type=amphitheatre. ;-)

[1] 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:theatre:type%3Damphi#Modern_amphitheaters

> A general issue with theatres is the combination of physical aspects (like amphitheatre) with properties that relate to a troupe/business. In some cases the same physical theatre is used by multiple troupes for example, and current tagging may lead to the impression there are several physical theatres.

It does make sense to distinguish between the venue and the 
organizations that are based at the venue. It's quite possible for a 
famous theater building to be the home of a famous troupe. A user would 
expect to be able to search for either.

It's a similar situation with worship spaces that are shared among 
multiple congregations with distinct identities (even distinct 
denominations). But at least in that case we could represent the worship 
space as e.g. a building=church and each congregation, ironically, as an 
amenity=place_of_worship within it. A theatre's physical infrastructure 
could be mapped with e.g. amenity=stage, but this is a rabbit hole that 
will only end with me mapping the curtains, orchestra pit, and green 
room too!

Incidentally, not long ago, I came across a theater troupe's rehearsal 
studio and costume shop in a light industrial park. [2] The node ended 
up with somewhat creative tagging for both aspects of the facility. 
OSMUS Slack also came up with some other ideas like training=theatre 
that would've been almost applicable in this case. [3]

[2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/8363322233
[3] https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C2VJAJCS0/p1611645153070700

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