> Though reading through that page, and the Wikipedia articles, a > wilderness hut and a bothy seem to be much the same thing.
Good point. In previous discussions on shelter, the name "bothy" came a few times. In lack of evidence and knowledge, I proposed it separated from wilderness_hut. (Reading through wikipedia made me think it was quite equivalent). One of the two could be dropped. > In my experience, bothies often have fireplaces, and often have some > sort of sleeping places, usually wooden platforms or maybe bunks (but no > mattress / bedding). That's really close to the definition I have for a wilderness_hut. (mastress/bedding might be suited as an optional tag) > And in the UK, there's also "climbing huts" - these are usually owned by > climbing clubs, and better quality than a bothy. They are kept locked, > and needed to be booked/paid for in advance. See the section in this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_hut (note they are different from > an alpine hut, in that they are unstaffed and a bit more basic) The main difference I understand is that they are not opened to the public. An additionnal access=private or permissive tag might do the trick. For the quality, defining too many different shelter types to reflect a quality might be tricky as being quite subjective or a full range of possibilities. -- sly sylvain letuffe _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
