Based on my reading of the OSM wiki pages for tourism=camp_site and 
tourism=caravan_site, I think the typical USFS and US NPS campgrounds should be 
tagged tourism=camp_site.

On the camp_site page we have "A campsite or campground is an area, usually 
divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using tents 
or camper vans or caravans." and later under links "tourism=caravan_site for 
caravan dedicated spaces". Implying that caravan_site is particularly tailored 
to RVs, more than just a camp_site.

And on the caravan_site description, the introductory paragraph includes things 
like power, water supply, waste hookups, etc. which I don't believe are very 
common, at least in the western US, for USFS or NPS campgrounds.

If you are getting into details, like group camp sites versus non-group sites 
and the amenities available at each, then you might look at 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Extend_camp_site#Tagging_of_individual_pitches

Slightly extended from that but using the same basic schema it could include 
equestrian based amenities.

-Tod



On Sep 22, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Thomas Colson wrote:

> It has been brought to my attention that our method of tagging campgrounds 
> runs afoul of OSM best practices:
>  
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17949565
>  
> Which begs the question: what is the best way to tag a campground that serves 
> multiple groups?
>  
> Most NPS Front Country campgrounds, and Forest Service as well, provide for 
> “car-camping” as well as RV Sites. Some also include group sites (10 or more 
> people not in an RV).
>  
> We have been tagging them as such:
>  
> tourism = camp_site;caravan_site
>  
> Options include
>  
> tourism = camp_site
> comments = also_caravan_site
>  
> but this will result in a very vocal and vigorous response from the RV crowd 
> as to why we’re not using:
>  
> tourism = caravan_site
> comments = also_camp_site
>  
> Another option is to use two nodes, very near each other, one for each 
> camping “activity”. Most campgrounds are divided into tent sites and RV 
> sites, but in MHO this is not the best way to tag these….?
>  
> If the intended end result is for  consumers of OSM data to be able to 
> “locate” a campground that best serves their needs (I’m sleeping in the 
> backseat of my car or a RV or in a horse trailer), what is the best scenario 
> here, when applied to 350+ NPS parks  (We want a consistent tagging)?
>  
> Just to complicate this, some Front Country campgrounds can also accommodate 
> horses, as well.
>  
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Semicolon#When_NOT_to_use_a_semi-colon_value_separator
>  suggest that most consumers of OSM data can’t parse the semi-colon, which I 
> have a hard time believing: any decent renderer using OSM data can use “like” 
> statements.
>  
>  
>  
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