For the Old Course at Saint Andrews (ancient and well-known golf course), holes do have names.
See the Wikipedia page or the website. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Course_at_St_Andrews#Scorecard I think tags on OSM should be (it is not the case currently): ref=1 name=Burn ref=2 name=Dyke … -- althio On Thu, Aug 2, 2018, 14:11 Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In some situations, where name=* is already used for one thing but a > reference number is also needed, it makes > sense. In other situations t doesn't make sense (to me) to use ref, which > isn't rendered, rather than name. > >> Abusing the name tag is a common beginner's mistake, let's not encourage >> even more use of the name tag - rather make or find a render that shows >> what you want for a particular purpose. >> > Please explain WHY it's an abuse to use the name tag for golf holes or > allotment plots. Name is to be used for names > and not descriptions, but "hole 7" and "plot 15" can be viewed as both > names and descriptions. As in "I saw him 5 minutes > ago teeing off at hole 7." In fact, you'd never say "I saw him 5 minutes > ago teeing off at a hole that looks sort of sevenish." > The number of a hole or plot is a name as much as a description, if not > more so. > > -- > Paul >
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