Hi everyone The current situation of how public outdoor and indoor swimming pool facilities are tagged is not ideal. There is no dedicated tag, so they are all tagged differently: e.g. as water parks, sports centres, swimming pools, recreation grounds or parks. However, these tags all define something else: Water parks are amusement parks, not meant for swimming as a sport; sports centres are facilities 'where a range of sports take place' (this tag is especially inappropriate for smaller outdoor swimming pool facilities); swimming pool should only be used for the pool itself (water area); and recreation grounds and parks have nothing to do with swimming. Some images for comparison:
* Outdoor swimming pool facility: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schwimmbad_Grins_01.jpg * Indoor swimming pool facility: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hallenbad_Huetteldorf_02.JPG * Sports centre: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20141101_Sportzentrum_Nord,_Coesfeld_(07328).jpg * Water park https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lido_de_Jesolo,_Aqualandia,_panorama_-_panoramio.jpg The lack of a dedicated tag and the different tagging prevents searching for nearby swimming pool facilities. Furthermore, it is not possible to distinguish between indoor and outdoor swimming pool facilities. It might make sense to create a new tag leisure=swimming_facility with a sub-tag swimming_facility=outdoor/indoor. What are your opinions? Regards SelfishSeahorse _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
