Well, what is the difference between a mountain, alpine or wilderness hut ?
Think much more important than the name and its surrounding are the available facilities, capacity and equipment. Rather than splitting the types by name I would prefer to get information about how useful the hut is for my needs. Cheers fly On 31.03.2014 12:53, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2014-03-31 5:14 GMT+02:00 Dave Swarthout <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > I am proposing adding the words "typically not accessible from the > highway system" to the definition for wilderness_hut in the Map > Features; Tourism section. Currently it says: "A remote building > with fireplace intended to provide shelter and sleeping accommodation." > > > > "typically not accessible from the highway system" is fine for me if you > read "highway" to exclude tracks. If you travel by tractor, enduro > motorbike or Jeep you might be able to access many wilderness huts also > with motorized vehicles. > > > > > Also I think the term fireplace is too restrictive. I would propose > "usually equipped with a heat source of some type" > > > > On the other hand there are wilderness huts where "fireplace" is to take > literally (there is a circle of stones in front of it, where you can > light a fire, but there is no "heatsource" in the hut, you will have to > collect wood in the surroundings. We should take care not to exclude > those places. The main feature of a wilderness hut is IMHO a dry > shelter, i.e. a place where you can stay the night in relative security, > protected from the weather and wild animals. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
