[Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread Antônio Marcos
I have created this proposal some time ago for a new tag called leisure=events (originally landuse=events), which should describe areas reserved for events in a city or in a place (more info at the proposal page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/leisure%3Devents). Does anybody

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-03-09 17:18 GMT+01:00 Antônio Marcos toni.o...@gmail.com: I have created this proposal some time ago for a new tag called leisure=events (originally landuse=events), which should describe areas reserved for events in a city or in a place (more info at the proposal page

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread Antônio Marcos
I've never heard of fairground, but it seems to be a quite specific tag that could be substituted by or even inside the events area. The events tag is indeed supposed to be generic, just like landuse=retail, which demarks areas used by shops, and the leisure or landuse key before the events value

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread Tod Fitch
It seems to me that landuse=events is reasonable. Most of the places called fairgrounds where I am are used for other events other than the traditional once a year fair. There are often swap meets, animal shows, concerts, and other events held during the year. And the area often (always in my

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread John Willis
This ties into my idea for landuse=civic. There is no way to designate the land use for city buildings, etc, except for narrowly defined ones, such as schools. There are courthouses, community centers, public performance venues, and other areas where the buildings have specific tags, but there

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread jonathan
I definitely think there is a need for this, I can think of many places around the UK this could apply to. landuse=events is better than leisure=* Jonathan http://bigfatfrog67.me On 09/03/2014 21:31, Tod Fitch wrote: It seems to me that landuse=events is reasonable. Most of the places

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread Dave Swarthout
I like both of these: landuse=events landuse=civic Regards, Dave On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:41 AM, jonathan jonat...@bigfatfrog67.me wrote: I definitely think there is a need for this, I can think of many places around the UK this could apply to. landuse=events is better than leisure=*

Re: [Tagging] leisure=events

2014-03-09 Thread Yves
Many music festival take place on otherwise landuse=meadow On 9 mars 2014 22:41:51 UTC+01:00, jonathan jonat...@bigfatfrog67.me wrote: I definitely think there is a need for this, I can think of many places around the UK this could apply to. landuse=events is better than leisure=* Jonathan