Tag:leisure=swimming_pool
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A place built for swimming
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A swimming pool is a place built for swimming as a recreational activity or sport, typically taking the form of an excavated and lined pool (wikipedia:Swimming_pool). Swimming pools may be open-air or housed within buildings.
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access
Private swimming pools use to be tagged with "leisure=swimming_pool" and "access=private", although "access=no" may be more to the point in some cases. It has not yet been decided, whether swimming pools, which are accessible for the public but require paying an entrance fee should be tagged with "access=permissive" or "access=customer". See access=* and respective talk page.
amenity or leisure?
amenity=swimming_pool is also documented, with no difference in definition. The amenity tag was an older tag, and this leisure tag is now used more in the database (see Taginfo search "swimming pool") This shift suggests that most mappers find the leisure key to be a better fit for this tag. Early tagging decisions resulted in some "overloading" of the amenity key, and so this is also part of a general trend to move some tags to more descriptive keys. There are some discussions on the Proposed features/Swimming pool page.
Rendering
Currently (July 2011), Mapnik and Osmarender will render leisure=swimming_pool and amenity=swimming_pool.
Similar tags
sport=swimming - A place where you can do swimming, as one of many sports under Key:sport. Clearly a swimming pool would always be a place where you can do swimming. TODO: more documentation on what this tag is for
leisure=sports_centre - enclosed covered area which may include swimming pools along with sports halls, pitches / courts, a gym / fitness studio, etc.
Related terms: pool. swimming pool.
