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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
