Is there some kind of vending "machine" value for hiking / camping/ fishing 
permits?

I would definitely be interested in where permits are sold at a campground or 
even at a wider view of a whole wilderness park - maybe that is implied in 
amenity=ranger_station ?

That seems like a good implication for a ranger station. 

Amenity:ranger_station=permits 

Something like that. 

Javbw

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> On Mar 5, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Tod Fitch <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 10:25 PM, Dave Swarthout wrote:
>> 
>> >>tourism=information  "May include Tourist information centres and offices. 
>> >>" http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dinformation
>> >>information=office    "An office where you can get information about a 
>> >>town or region."  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:information 
>> 
>> Yes, I suppose those two tags work for visitor center. That's what I've been 
>> using up to now. That said, IMO the ranger_station is a different type of 
>> amenity from the information office described in the above tags. Just a 
>> couple of simple additions to the wiki page would clarify those differences.
> 
> One of the things that you can get at Park Service or Forest Service visitor 
> centers or "ranger stations" includes permits (camping, fire, etc.). My first 
> impression of a place tagged with tourism=information is that it is strictly 
> for local information, not that it also a place to get some specific types of 
> legal paperwork issued.
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