For the Three Counties Showground in Malvern https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/35432806 is tagged with landuse=commercial. Any given the number of events there most of which are commercial. Commercial would be correct. That how the NEC is mapped https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/243830271.
Ian On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 20:55, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > I just came across <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/161362655> an > agricultural showground tagged as leisure=park and realised I didn't know > what a sensible way to retag it would be. Although there are a limited > number in the UK (perhaps 100 or so) they do tend to be quite prominent and > when major events take place at them (e.g., Scout Jamborees, National > Eisteddfod) good tagging can be useful. I recall Richard Bullock mapping > the Royal Cheshire quite a few years ago as it helped parents pick up their > children after the scout Jamboree. > > Various (inconsistent) approaches have been used: > > * Newark <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/178396540> & Norfolk > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/40942963> mapped as tourism=attraction > * Rutland <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/547075306> as > leisure=recreation_ground (there are certainly sports pitches here out of > events) > * Royal Cheshire <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/67375462> as > amenity=showground with landuse=grass. > > It strikes me that how grounds are a special type of events venue and > perhaps rather than using amenity=showground it may be better to use > amenity=events_venue with a subtag events_venue=showground. leisure & > tourism tags may still be applicable, and landuse=grass can still be (mis-) > used to show the area (see Newark & Royal Cheshire). Alternatives might be > amenity=exhibition_centre, but this seems more for places like the NEC. The > current wiki description circumscribes events venues fairly closely, so > this would be an extension in meaning. > > I don't think anything in the UK (or Europe) is quite on the scale of the > Minnesota > State Fair <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39662664> which certainly > merits tourism=attraction. > > Regards, > > Jerry > > Any thoughts, > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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