Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-08-01 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com wrote: and if you talk about something being held at the showgrounds, the locals all know where you mean.  But most of the year, it's used for other things.  Any permanent halls are often used for clubs to meet in, any weekly

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-31 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
This is exactly my point and gets back to another thread from a few weeks back regarding tagging schools and the sometimes multiple uses that each building can have (ie after hours classes, church groups on a weekend etc etc). From memory I believe that discussion was resolved by tagging start/end

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-30 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Craig Feuerherdt craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote: Well it appears as though people have been tagging them as landuse=recreation_ground (as per Melbourne Showgrounds) which seems the closest approximation to what it is. landuse=recreation_ground

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-30 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
Not sure I like that option Steve as it implies that the recreation_ground is only a showground. I prefer the landuse=showground option and then, if there is an oval that is used for recreation within the showground you tag that accordingly ie leisure=pitch, sport=*. In the end it comes down to

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-30 Thread Liz
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Craig Feuerherdt wrote: Well unless recreation includes purchasing showbags and eating fairy floss :) What about the rides? ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-30 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Craig Feuerherdt craigfeuerhe...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure I like that option Steve as it implies that the recreation_ground is only a showground. I prefer the landuse=showground option and then, if there is an oval that is used for recreation within the

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-30 Thread Stephen Hope
On 30 July 2010 22:27, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Meh. I look at the definition of landuse=recreation_ground and I think it could include almost anything. Maybe you're right. There are so few showgrounds it won't matter much either way. Steve Actually there are a lot of

Re: [talk-au] Showgrounds

2010-07-29 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
Well it appears as though people have been tagging them as landuse=recreation_ground (as per Melbourne Showgrounds) which seems the closest approximation to what it is. On 30 July 2010 13:21, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 30 July 2010 12:06, Craig Feuerherdt