> " I would like another value of camp site added - a trekking campsite."
Do you think Item two does not fit ? "Designated campgrounds (camp_site=designated) - areas that are made available for camping on a non-commercial basis, but that are equipped with no or few facilities and charge no or a nominal fee;" David . johnw <[email protected]> wrote: >I added some comments to the discussion page - > >I would like another value of camp site added - a trekking campsite. > >There needs to be a very hard separation between a spot where camping is >“suggested” (perhaps by people who know where some good places to make camp) >when trekking vs a clearing near a road for people to crash on a road trip, a >campsite for thick canvas tents on a wooden platform (like a boy scout camp or >a city park camp in Japan), a place for you to roll up with the minivan and a >6 person tent, and a place for a full-on caravan. > >I feel this proposal takes care of the latter, but the Backpacking/trekking >sites is very murky - it may be informal, but to use the same iconography of >something that has any services whatsoever, or might be chosen because of >proximity to access (along a roard or a quiet spot near a town) - a trekking >site will be very inaccessible and the only amenities are probably trees and a >stream, and a soft place to pitch a tent on, and that’s it. > > So I propose a value just for places where it’s the most ideal spot in a > wilderness area to pitch a tent (not everywhere possible, of course). > >I can think of 2 or 3 camp sites I used when trekking that were the ideal >camping spot for an entire lake or area, and I’d like to mark them to suggest >them to future trekkers - but I don’t want to fool people into thinking there >is some source of water or a bed or a roof, or anything besides a good spot to >pitch a dome tent - so I suggest that iconography be different (a dome tent vs >the standard triangle tent) to show this drastic difference. > > >Javbw >_______________________________________________ >Tagging mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
