Proposal:Golf=out of bounds

Golf=out_of_bounds
Proposal status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	HuggeK
Tagging:	golf=out_of_bounds
Statistics:
Rendered as:	White dashed line.
Draft started:	2024-07-09

Proposal

I propose we properly document the use of golf=out_of_bounds on the wiki. I propose we suggest using it on ways as that is what is marked in the real world with white markings/sticks.

Rationale

Golf app consumers/map makers could use this data to generate detailed course maps. For the users it would be a benfit to know where the out of bounds line is and to avoid it.Wikipedia.

When vector maps will be standard from 2025-> mobile use cases will increase. When the orignal golf course proposal was drawn up an discussed ten years ago there was alot of talk of out_of_bounds but it never made its way onto the wiki. Proposal talk:Golf course - OpenStreetMap Wiki.

A line of white poles. These poles could bee white facing you when you are standing on the intended hole to be out of bounds but on the other side they can be other colors such as black. This indicates that the poles are intended for the hole which they are facing/is painted white against. This implies that a way golf=out_of_bounds is intended for a specific hole. We could then map a golf=out_of_bounds way with a extra tag which assocate it with a specific hole. One suggestion is to:

• For every out_of_bounds area, it is required to specify which hole it refers to by using the Key:ref tag with the hole number, as we do on Tag:golf=hole. This enables data consumers to work out if the out of bounds line is relevant to the specific hole.

As described in the same discussion, we currently face a problem where one golf facility could have multiple courses. We have had no proposal to adress this problem but suggestions have been made:

Proposal talk:Golf course - OpenStreetMap Wiki

We need to solve this before we can move on with the out_of_bounds proposal. If two courses for example went closely by side to side and

Tagging

golf=out_of_bounds

Examples

A line between white out of bounds poles.

Rendering

White dashed line.

Comments

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