Project of the week/2011/May 18

Sport and activity month

May 2011 is sport and activity month. The Project of the Month is to map sport pitches in your area. Other sport and activity related objects will be Project of the Week for the remainder of May. This week, we add stadiums to the map.

Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium

A stadium is a large, usually outdoor, facility for sport.

Required tags

Stadiums are suitable for mapping as either points or areas in OpenStreetMap. The only tags required are

• leisure=stadium
• sport=multi/baseball/football # add multi for a multifunctional facility or the sport for a primary-function facility.
• name=Yankee Stadium # add the name

For a building polygon

• building=yes

Recommended tags

Add addressing information as well.

• addr:housenumber=*
• addr:street=*

Wheelchair accessible?

• wheelchair=yes/no/limited

See also

• leisure=pitch
• leisure=sports_centre
• amenity=gym

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