Hi, just following up on the gym/fitness centre thread. I found the talk page [1] where this discussion has apparently been going on for a couple years (I know, shocking, isn't it?). I noticed a note on the bottom of the page that a bot changed ~1500 gyms to sport=gymnastics!? Anyone know if this is accurate? It would certainly explain the relative lack of gyms...
Cheers, Brad PS--To me, fitness centre would eliminate any possible confusion with other usages of gym or gymnasium, but if gym has already been in wide usage, it'll do. PPS--In the US, "gymnasium" is definitely not limited to places where people do gymnastics, as mike said it's a large indoor room for a variety of sports--like basketball and volleyball--and also sometimes events like assemblies or dances. [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Gym On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:48 PM, David Murn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 15:24 -0400, Richard Weait wrote: > > > Also locally, a "gymnasium" is a large indoor sport floor which can be > > configured for multiple sports like gymnastics, basketball, > > volleyball, murderball, etc. taginfo says only 16 instances of > > leisure=gymnasium are in OSM at the moment. A lone gymnasium would > > seem unusual around here. They are typically included as part of a > > leisure=sports_centre. Does that match with experiences elsewhere? > > > > Is the distinction between gym and gymnasium too fine? Should > > synonyms be found? > > I think the distinction is fairly clear. A 'gymnasium' is where > gymnastics are done (such as spring board, horse, and various rolls and > flips. A 'gym' is more where you stay in one place (or move from > location to location after a period of time) but specifically target one > area, for example bench-press, chin-ups or sit-ups/push-ups. > > > And what about martial arts dojos? Amenity=dojo and sport=dojo are > > rare indeed with only a handful of entries. > > I suspect that in western culture, gyms are much more common than > dojo's. The fact that theyre rare in OSM, I believe is indicative of > their relative rarity (when compared to gyms) in the western world. > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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