There is a pretty complete wiki [1] page for US NPS tagging. Looks like we could use some clarification of Ranger Station, but the visitor center is mapped as information <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:information>= office <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:information%3Doffice> tourism <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism>=information <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dinformation>.
Clifford [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_National_Park_Service_Tagging On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Dave Swarthout <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like the original meaning of ranger_station might have described > what I would term a Visitor Center. After reading these responses to my > post, and realizing that there are many parks with visitor centers (even > here in Thailand) that cannot be tagged under the present system, its > obvious to me that we need to add a new tag amenity=visitor_center. Visitor > Centers range from simple to quite lavish (think Yellowstone, Denali NPs); > these are definitely not ranger stations. > > To me, an American, a ranger_station is a more work oriented place, as > Javbw suggests, where "park rangers meet, safety services (first aid, > search&rescue) are handled, and the rangers actually reside during the > season" while a visitor center has displays, an information desk or other > such facility, restrooms, telephones, and shops. > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 9:33 AM, johnw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Mar 5, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Russell Deffner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Maybe someone can confirm this, but I think it might actually be the >> difference in language from the Park Service versus Forest Service; i.e. in >> a National Forest you find Ranger Stations, in the Parks you find Visitor >> Centers? >> =Russ >> >> >> >> good question - But I think we should have a generic term for all of >> them. The name=* can differentiate them from each other. >> >> I always think of larger camps where they might have a toll booth at the >> entrance for campers, an information kiosk for hikers and campers, >> >> and a true ranger station where the park rangers meet, safety services >> (first aid, search&rescue) are handled, and the rangers actually reside >> during the season. >> >> There are also those “ranger cabins” that you find off-trail where >> rangers live when they are in charge of patrolling the trails in a >> wilderness area. >> >> toll_booth should cover the little buildings that take money from >> arriving and departing guests, information= tags can cover the kiosks and >> signs, and reception_desk was specifically made for situations where >> campers need to check in to register fro their spots. >> >> The Ranger station/visitor center might be a big building that does all >> of these jobs, but there should be some points created int he building area >> that micro-map all of these functions. >> >> Some park campgrounds have *a lot* of buildings (thinking of Paso Picacho >> and Green Valley Falls in San Diego). >> >> This would also work for car camping sites, boy scout camps, and other >> non-park service camping places (car camps in Japan and in the US are quite >> similar), so the name should be somewhat generic and agnostic. >> >> >> >> Javbw >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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