Re: [Tagging] Pistemap proposal

2014-02-26 Thread yvecai
I suggested on the pistemap discussion page to move the page to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Piste_Maps Along with creating a proposal on its own for 'landuse=winter_sports' About this, piste:boundary= is discussed on the discussion page. There is also a proposal for site=piste relation,

Re: [Tagging] Pistemap proposal

2014-02-25 Thread Janko Mihelić
I have a few objections about that proposal: landuse=winter_sports I don't like this way of confining a ski resort. First, landuse=winter_sports here is used to tag a ski resort. That can't be right, because a restaurant can be a part of a ski resort, and it isn't used for winter sports. Second,

Re: [Tagging] Pistemap proposal

2014-02-25 Thread Tod Fitch
Interesting. . . I've only skied in the US and Canada and mostly in the western US. Most if not all the alpine/downhill ski areas I've been to have very definitely marked boundaries. There are backcountry and cross country/nordic skiing areas I've been to where the boundaries are vague and

Re: [Tagging] Pistemap proposal

2014-02-25 Thread yvecai
Janko, I think you understood: I posted here because the proposal is widely used, and pretty stable for a long time. It hasn't undergone any voting process whatsoever, but here it is (in km): { downhill: 24105, nordic: 29593, aerialway: 16051, skitour: 1171, sled: 931 , snowshoeing: 356,

Re: [Tagging] Pistemap proposal

2014-02-25 Thread Richard Welty
On 2/25/14 4:27 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: I have a few objections about that proposal: landuse=winter_sports I don't like this way of confining a ski resort. First, landuse=winter_sports here is used to tag a ski resort. That can't be right, because a restaurant can be a part of a ski resort,

Re: [Tagging] Pistemap proposal

2014-02-25 Thread Andreas Labres
On 25.02.14 22:27, Janko Mihelić wrote: landuse=winter_sports I don't like this way of confining a ski resort. Agreed. This probably is an area where grass is growing. Maybe it is used as a meadow in summer, maybe this is covered with straw, maybe it is used to produce hay. This could only be