I'm pretty sure this was discussed in the past on this mailing list. Is there a descend way to search in the tagging archive, it would interesting to see what was discussed then.
m. On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Selfish Seahorse <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 comparision: > > * 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? > > Kind regards > > SelfishSeahorse > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
