On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:04, Erik Johansson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 18:16, Craig Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 08/03/2012 16:54, Clifford Snow wrote: >>> >>> I do not see gym listed as a value for the tag amenity. I would like to >>> see it as a recognized key value for amenity. Taginfo, >>> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity >>> shows 644 gym, 8 Gym and some forms of health_club. >>> >>> Gym is defined as "A membership organization that provides a range of >>> facilities designed to improve and maintain physical fitness and >>> health." In my town of Seattle, neighborhoods have numerous gyms that >>> fit the definition. >>> >>> What is the correct process to get gym approved. I'd also like to see >>> it added to potlatch2. I have found a public domain icon that could be >>> used. >>> >>> Any suggestions on how to proceed would be appreciated. >> >> >> The term "gym" is ambiguous, as it can also mean gymnasium. ie a place at a >> school for sports, or a place for doing gymnastics etc. >> I think its best to avoid the term for tagging. >> >> I would suggest a tag of something like "fitness_centre" or "fitness_club", >> which are clearer what they mean. Also, it should probably be under the key >> for leisure, not amenity. >> >> So a tag of leisure=fitness_centre or leisure=fitness_club > > You mean: leisure=sport_centre > > Serisouly if you want to map gyms please try to make the documentation > better, it's currently a mess. I've undeleted amentiy=gym, so this FAQ > doesn't come up again.
I added a picture to the wikipage to show the problem: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dgym -- /emj _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
