Proposal:Scuba diving

scuba_diving
Proposal status:	Obsoleted (inactive)
Proposed by:	Spielkind
Tagging:	`sport=scuba_diving`
Applies to:	node, way, area
Definition:	To mark a known place for scuba diving and dive relevant places, refined version of tag:sport=diving
Statistics:
Rendered as:	*
Draft started:	2009-08-28
RFC start:	2009-09-01
Vote start:	*
Vote end:	*

Replaced by Proposed features/scuba_diving2

Proposal

Tagging of scuba diving relevant things like dive-spots, dive-shops, dive-centers etc.

This proposal covers

sport=scuba_diving as a general, non-physical tag for dive relevant things
amenity=dive_centre for dive-centers (please see below for details)
shop=scuba_diving for shops selling dive equipment
scuba_diving=* and namespace scuba_diving:*=* to describe dive spots or services of centers and shops (please see below for details)

Maybe the proposal needs to be split if genereal consensus on all proposed issues is hard to find.

Rendering

OpenSeaMap is rendering diving-spots.
Select "Sport layer"
Rendered in z=14..18

Rationale

The exact location of an interesting divespot is a useful information for divers to plan a dive trip or to organize a diving holiday. Especially as such places usually aren't marked by signs and are therefore hard to find for strangers. Being on holiday the location of the closest dive-center might be a crucial factor to decide where exactly to stay :-)

Tagging

As scuba diving is a kind of sport, it's obvious to tag it as sport=*. To distinguish it from cliff-diving, it's proposed to use the value sport=scuba_diving. This also is in agreement to the naming on Wikipedia's list of sports (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports).

The tag may be used to

mark interesting or known dive-spots in nature
mark man made indoor dive attractions
mark shops or centers that offer scuba-diving relevant services

Since sport=scuba_diving is a non-physical tag, it should be combined with other (physical) tags, describing specific attributes of a dive spot. Therefore a namespace scuba_diving:*=* and a key scuba_diving=* respectively are proposed.

To mark a dive-center amenity=dive_centre and to mark a dive-shop shop=scuba_diving are proposed.

For more details please see below.

Namespace

The namespace may be used to describe a dive location more precisely:

Key	Value	Element	Description
scuba_diving:divespot	name of the divespot	,
scuba_diving:entry	boat/shore		describing the standard way to access the divespot
scuba_diving:type	wall, wreck, cave, reef, drift, archeology...		describing the kind of divespot
scuba_diving:descent_line	yes/no		defining if a buoy with a descent/ascent line is available or not
scuba_diving:depth	XYm	,,	average or most interesting depth
scuba_diving:maxdepth	XYm		maximum depth at the divespot
scuba_diving:platform	XYm		availabilty of a platform for training and depth of the platform

Example:

sport=scuba_diving
+ scuba_diving:name=Blue hole
+ scuba_diving:entry=shore
+ scuba_diving:type=cave
+ scuba_diving:descent_line=yes
+ scuba_diving:depth=30m
+ scuba_diving:maxdepth=60m

To map more than just the general location of a dive spot the tag scuba_diving=* is proposed for more precise mapping of divespot layout:

Key	Value	Description
scuba_diving	descent_point	defining the standard point to descent, maybe marked by a buoy
scuba_diving	ascent_point	defining the standard point to ascent, maybe marked by a buoy
scuba_diving	route	proposed dive route, e.g. due to the course of the wall or direction of current

Dive-Centers

In addition to mapping dive spots it is definitively useful to map dive-shops and dive-centers as well. The following should be distinguishable:

dive centers with full service

air fill stations withouth any service

dive shops selling equipment but not offering training or air fill

any combination of the above

The following tags are proposed, but might be discussed in an extra proposal:

For dive-centers, usually located near dive spots, the usage of amenity=dive_centre supported by some additional attributes describing the service offered is proposed.

key	value	description	examples
scuba_diving:organization	organization of the center/shop according to Wikipedias List of Diver Trainer Organzations	relevant especially for training and licensing	PADI, CMAS, SSI
scuba_diving:education	yes/no	availability of training and licensing according to the organization defined in `diving:organization=*`
scuba_diving:rental	yes/no	availibility of equipment rental
scuba_diving:air_fill	yes/no	air fill available
scuba_diving:nitrox	yes/no	NITROX/Enriched air available
scuba_diving:spoken_languages	language codes according to ISO 639-1	available languages spoken by guides or instructors, of special interest for training and licensing issues	en, de, fr
scuba_diving:equipment_service	yes/no	availability of service for equipment is available

Example:

amenity=dive_centre
+name=Dive Center XY
+scuba_diving:organization=PADI,CMAS
+scuba_diving:education=yes 
+scuba_diving:rental=yes 
+scuba_diving:guided_tours=yes
+scuba_diving:spoken_languages=en,de,fr,nl

Pressure Chambers

+amenity:pressure_chamber=* perhaps also in combination with a hospital.

Air Fill Stations

For air fill stations, not offering any other kind of dive related service it is proposed to use scuba_diving:air_fill=yes. It might be useful for e.g. fire-fighter stations offering the filling of tanks. On specialised diving-maps, these stations may be rendered with an appropriate icon.

name=Fire-Fighters XY
+scuba_diving:air_fill=yes

Dive-Shops

Sometimes in greater cities there are shops being specialized on dive-equipment but not offering any kind of training or guided tours. For such shops shop=scuba_diving is proposed.

Example:

shop=scuba_diving
+name=Dive Shop XY
+scuba_diving:equipment_service=yes

Combinations

The tagging may be combined, e.g. for big dive centers offering training, guided-tours, air fill and having a small shop selling dive equipment. Renders will probably use a special variation of a dive-center icon to distinguish if a shop is included or not.

amenity=dive_centre
+shop=scuba_diving
+name=Dive Center XY
+scuba_diving:organization=PADI,CMAS
+scuba_diving:education=yes 
+scuba_diving:rental=yes 
+scuba_diving:guided_tours=yes
+scuba_diving:air_fill=yes

Applies to

Nodes, ways and areas .

Nodes might be used for dive spots, shops or dive centers
Ways might be useful for elongate dive places like routes, drift dives etc.
Areas might be used to mark interesting areas like coral reefs or underwater attractions

Existing Tags

This proposal was developed from sport=diving. The tag was discussed on tag:sport=diving, but the discussion ceased some time ago without a real result. Still, some useful comments were made at the site, please have a look at the discussion there.

http://osmdoc.com currently (as of 29.08.2009) lists the following usage of existing tags (>5 entries)

key	value	usage	map (nodes)	map (ways)
sport	diving	185	Due to changes in Query-to-map this Template does not work anymore. You can use Template:Osm-query2. Please replace or delete this use of Osm-query template.	Due to changes in Query-to-map this Template does not work anymore. You can use Template:Osm-query2. Please replace or delete this use of Osm-query template.
sport	scuba diving	20
sport:scuba	yes	128
shop	dive_centre	45
shop	diving	35
shop	dive_shop	5

Divespots in Switzerland are tagged, using this scheme : DE:Switzerland/DiveSpots

Wrecks are tagged by tag:historic=wreck

Rendering in OpenSeaMap

The OpenSeaMap might be a good place for rendering the dive-relevant information.

Example in OpenSeaMap - Switch on the "SportsLayer" !

Rendered as "Diver-Icon"

other form:

Comments/Discussion

Please comment and discuss on the talk-page.

Scuba divers

List of Scubadivers: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Scubadiver
If you are a Scubadiver you could add the Category 'Scubadiver'.

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