Re: [Tagging] Swimming pools

[John Willis]

> On Dec 21, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer  
> wrote:
> 
> south of Berlin there is also an example for a tropical water park: https://=
> en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Islands_Resort

Wow!

This is an actual tropical beach and trees and everything in a giant bubble! 

Our little "Caribbean  beach" could fit in the corner, as it is just a small 
wave pool and some slides (not a real beach with palm trees), but it serves 
only a few towns together with a population of 200K, not the millions of 
Berlin. 

But both are indoors, heated, and the "draw" of the park is the indoor water 
play and relaxing in a warm indoor climate with other amenities (i.e. a 
restaurant), as opposed to all the outdoor water parks in California that are 
only open in the summer, as they are sprawling outdoor facilities meant to 
"beat the heat" of summer. 

The one I used to visit is closed now. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Rivers_(water_park) 

I wonder if that difference - indoor, heated, and meant for use in winter is 
enough to create a new tag. The one in Germany is quite a spectacle. 

Javbw. 
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Re: [Tagging] Swimming pools

[johnw]

> On Dec 21, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Matthijs Melissen  
> wrote:
> 
> For example a indoor swimming hall with slides and wave
> generators, heated to a subtropical temperature, 


for generic water parks (place for water “play” rather than water “exercise / 
sports”, usually dominated with water based attractions), water park is best. 
no one is showing up to do laps in a wave pool, nor are they suited to surfing 
training. 

for places where it gets cold in the winter and/or landlocked (like my current 
hometown), they have a water park I have never seen in San Diego (which never 
has snow and has lots of beaches)

an indoor “beach” - this is the opposite of “indoor ski park” in really hot 
places. 

they use waste heat from trash incinerators (so it is adjacent to the garbage 
center) and heat water and have an indoor “beach” for people to visit. 

I am fine tagging it as a water park , but maybe a water park that is 
completely enclosed, heated, and open year round should have it’s own tag or 
sub-tag as “indoor beach” , but I have done no research on this. But it is just 
a wave pool, slides, and lazy river indoors, so maybe this is too specific of a 
tag. 


http://www.kiea.jp/CaribbeanBeach.html 


it is currently tagged a bit wrong (by me) 

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/36.39879/139.23788 


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