[Tagging] Facilities for youth camps

[Geir Ove Myhr]

Dear all,

When mapping in Norway lately, I have come across several facilities
that are mainly used for organizing youth camps. Most of them are
owned and operated by Christian organizations, but that other
organizations have some as well. In those places where they have
already been mapped, the mapping seems to be inconsistent (try
searching for "leirsted"). Some are only tagged as place=locality
(probably due to lack of a better option), and some of them are tagged
as tourism=camp_site.

The tag tourism=camp_site does not describe these facilities well,
since that typically means a place where one can set up a tent or a
caravan. The camp venues typically consists of one or more buildings,
including dormitories, a dining hall and several halls for meetings
and other activities. Some of these venues are listed here (in
google-translated version):

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nms.no%2Fleirsteder%2F
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.normisjon.no%2Findex.php%3Fkat_id%3D1229
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nlm.no%2Fnlm%2Fleir%2Fleirsteder&act=url

I'm inclined to say that amenity=conference_centre fits better than
tourism=camp_site. The places are typically used for weekend camps
during the year and a little longer during Easter and summer.

There was an ill-fated proposal which probably was intended for this
kind of camps. Unfortunately it was unnecessarily tied to the scout
organizations. DancingFool seems to have made the same observation as
me in Australia as described on the Talk page for that proposal:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Scout_Camp

So how do you people suggest that we tag these venues? I think
DancingFool's suggestion amenity=youth_camp may be a good one.

Geir Ove