... sorry to double post but it appears I didn't send this to the list :-) 2009/8/2 Dave G <[email protected]>
> Syl & Craig > > Further to the previous discussion > > nearly all back-country huts in NZ are unlocked fees are usually paid to > stay in them > either to Dept. of Conservation the government organisation that > administers them > or in the case of privately owned huts eg. NZ Alpine Club mountain huts to > the club > > Huts are generally not booked and there are almost no catered huts as > common > in France & Switzerland they are available to all on a > first-come-first-stay basis > which I understand is quite different to the European model > > This is the common NZ backcountry type: > > http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/waimakariri/ > > This is the common alpine type: > > http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/west-coast/franz-josef-area/centennial-hut/ > > We don't have bothys as such but there would appear to be some overlap here > with our huts/shelters > > I would suggest fairly hut/lean_to general types as you have suggested > which can then carry the various feature tags > > cheers....dave > > > > 2009/8/2 sylvain letuffe <[email protected]> > >> >> > 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 >> > >
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