Hi Graeme
Admitting ashamedly that I like nothing better than my OSM mkgmap Garmin
GPS device come up with any overnight viable stopping place nearby..
This of course makes me biased, so I apologise for that...
On 22/4/21 11:05 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 18:46, Bob Cameron <bob3b...@skymesh.com.au
<mailto:bob3b...@skymesh.com.au>> wrote:
tourism:camp_site.
I was looking at this just a couple of days ago, so thanks for
bringing it up, Bob.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcamp_site
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcamp_site> "is used
to map a *campsite* (UK) or *campground* (North American): an area,
usually divided into a number of pitches
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcamp_pitch>, where
people can camp overnight using tents, camper vans or caravans (aka
RVs or motorhomes)"
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcaravan_site
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcaravan_site> "is a
place where people with caravans / motorhomes / recreational vehicles
can stay overnight, or longer, in allotted spaces known as "pitches"
or "sites" ... They may also have some space for tents. If a site is
primarily for tents, it should be tagged as tourism
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism>=camp_site
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcamp_site>."
To me, that suggests that camp-site should be taken to be tents only,
& if you've got wheels of any sort between you & the ground, so car /
camper trailer / caravan / motorhome etc, it should be a caravan-site?
I find it quite frustrating to see a caravan_site and camp_site come up
for the same entity. I get the impression that caravan_site is in fact a
subset of camp_site and that table list tags under it (camp_site) would
cover any caravan use. One major difference is that the wiki also lists
toilets/showers as keys rather than just relying in amenity, whereas
caravan_site doesn't. Perhaps it is inferred?
I tend to add individual amenity:toilet, amenity:shower etc as many
camping areas make these facilities available for non campers, sometimes
with a fee. It is not so common with more commercial caravan parks, some
even refuse to sell a (paid) shower from the insurance liability
standpoint. The same kind of variation happens with coin-op laundries at
caravan parks.
I'd actually like to see the use of caravan_site discouraged but that's
probably more my bias peeking through.. Would some fast query coder
please get me the number of au camp_site and caravan_site objects please.
Cheers
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