On Wednesday 07 May 2008 08:10:02 Robin Paulson wrote: > 2008/5/7 Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am a newbie to OSM, and am trying to mark up a golf course. I have > > gone through (and added some remarks to) the proposal here: http:// > > wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Golf_course, but > > could not understand exactly how to implement it. So I tried with > > using existing keys: > > > > For the course: leisure=golf_course > > For putting greens: > > > > landuse=greenfield > > hole=holenumber > > golf=green > > > > For tee boxes: > > landuse=greenfield > > hole=holenumber > > golf=tee > > colour=black/white/red > > > > For bunkers: > > landuse=brownfield > > hole=holenumber > > golf=bunker > > > > For closely mown areas: > > landuse=greenfield > > hole=holenumber > > golf=fairway > > > > For rough: > > landuse=forest > > golf=rough > > > > For GUR: > > landuse=brownfield > > golf=gur > > > > For hazard: > > landuse=forest/water depending on what is in the hazard > > golf=hazard/lateral_hazard > > > > I don't know if this is the correct way of doing this, but the area > > is starting to look like a golf course: > > http://openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=11.39&lon=76.7225&zoom=13 > > it (the map) looks ok at first glance, but osm is about more than > making nice looking maps. > > there really is no 'correct' way of doing anything, mappers are free > to lay down whatever and however they want, but if you're asking about > commonly accepted practices, there are a few things i can suggest: > firstly, landuse. all through osm, this tag is poorly-defined. it's > come to mean 'large areas of land with common usage'. so, residential > areas of a city, commercial (offices), retail, etc. it was not > intended to be used on something as small as a golf course putting > green. also, brownfield has a very specific meaning in geography, > specifically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownfield_land which is > talked about on the map features page in less depth > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features#Landuse > and similarly for greenfield, etc. > > please don't choose a tag just because it makes the item render nicely > > the green, rough, etc will need their own designations, they are > fairly unique to golf courses when all their relevant properties are > considered > > that golf course proposal looks a way off being complete, maybe wait > till it is resolved and passes through voting? or join in the > discussion and make some suggestions yourself
I've personally tagged much of a golf course using the http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Golf_course proposal on the wiki (http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.87204&lon=-1.10058&zoom=16&layers=B0FT) and in the course of doing so have made a few changes (see discussion page). So, it's not really a problem with the proposal so much as the OP misusing tags which weren't in the proposal. Matt Williams
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