The West Midlands showgroung is tagged as amenity=showground. Phil (trigpoint)
On Monday, 24 February 2020, SK53 wrote: > I asked similar questions about 6 months ago: > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2019-September/023452.html > , > and there are other discussions going back some 10 years: > http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=5167127&query=showground&n=5167127 > > Jerry > > On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 at 09:58, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Morning all, > > > > Someone has commented on a change I made to the Three Counties > > showground last year when I changed the tagging to landuse=grass rather > > than landuse=commercial. Their suggestion is that it really ought to be > > landuse=recreation_ground, with a secondary tag of surface=grass. > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/74103491#map=16/52.0834/-2.3235 > > > > I've responded to that comment on the changeset, but I thought it would > > be worth throwing out here as well. > > > > I do think that tagging showgrounds as landuse=commercial is generally > > incorrect; it doesn't match the description of 'commercial' in the wiki > > and doesn't reflect the typical uses of showgrounds both when a show is > > on and when one isn't. > > > > The reason I tagged the Three Counties showground as grass is because, > > most of the year, that's precisely what it is - an open area of > > grassland. Unless there is an event on (which only happens for a > > minority of days in a year) it is just an open space. > > > > Looking at a few other showgrounds across the country, we don't seem to > > have any consistency. > > > > The East of England Showground is tagged as landuse=recreation_ground: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.5456/-0.3170 > > > > The Suffolk Showground is tagged as a park: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.0330/1.2277 > > > > So is the Staffordshire County Showgound: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.8255/-2.0643 > > > > The former Royal Showground at Stoneleigh is tagged as commercial, but > > in that case that's probably now correct as it's no longer used as a > > showground and is gradually being redeveloped as a business park: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/52.3435/-1.5220 > > > > The Great Yorkshire Showground isn't tagged as an area at all, just a > > network of roads and individual features: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/53.9830/-1.5065 > > > > Similarly with the Norfolk Showground > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/52.6490/1.1793 > > > > And the Bath and West Showground: > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.1552/-2.5265 > > > > So, what do people think? Personally, I think that showgrounds ought to > > be tagged as an area, because they do, typically, have clear boundaries > > and are distinct from their surrounding context. But I'm less sure what > > the area should be tagged as. I think commercial is usually wrong, for > > the reasons I've already given, but I can see an argument for either > > grass, recreation_ground or even park. > > > > Thoughts, anyone? > > > > Mark > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
