Proposal:Leisure=gym
| gym | |
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| Proposal status: | Proposals with undefined or invalid status (inactive) |
| Proposed by: | AndiG88 |
| Tagging: | leisure=gym |
| Applies to: |  , 
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| Definition: | A place, typically a private club, providing a range of facilities designed to improve and maintain physical fitness and health. |
| Statistics: |
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| Draft started: | 2014-07-30 |
| RFC start: | 2014-07-30 |
Please discuss: Talk:Proposed features/leisure=gym
Current Situation
Overview over used Tags: Fitness_centre
Extensive discussions: Talk:Proposed features/Gym
Different meanings of gym Tag:amenity=gym (Don't use)
Proposal
Mapping a gym as a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise. Most gyms have a main workout area, which primarily consists of free weights including dumbbells, barbells and exercise machines.
Rationale
My impression from the old discussions is that all native speakers agree that gym is the commonly used term these days and the ambiguity is mainly something non-native speakers see in this word. Many languages probably also have English loanwords (e.g. German Fitnesscenter), which causes some confusion, but as the agreement is to use British English that should not influence the final decision.
Why leisure=* ?
The leisure tag is for places people go in their spare time.
— leisure=*
Which is how most people use a gym. Also other tags like leisure=sports_centre,leisure=fitness_station or leisure=pitch all use it.
Today's usage of the word gym
Oxford Dictionary
A place, typically a private club, providing a range of facilities designed to improve and maintain physical fitness and health.
— British English
A membership organization that provides a range of facilities designed to improve and maintain physical fitness and health
— US English
More examples: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gym
LEO Dictionary (German-English)
Wikipedia
A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness center, and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.
Health club on Wikipedia
German Wikipedia also references it that way: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gym (Fitnessstudio, im Englischen)
Google Search:
"let's go to the gym" 7.270.000 results
"let's go to the health club" 8 results
"let's go to the fitness centre" 2 results
"let's go to the fitness center" 6 results
Other "maps"
(searching for "gym map ... ")
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