[Tagging] Wilderness huts
jonathan
jonathan at bigfatfrog67.me
Mon Mar 31 16:39:20 UTC 2014
In the UK, particularly Scotland, it's a Bothy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothy
Jonathan
http://bigfatfrog67.me
On 31/03/2014 04:14, Dave Swarthout wrote:
> In reading over a proposal in here for apartment sharing that included
> a list of other tourism keys relating to lodging or accommodation that
> included, among other remotely located shelters, the value
> wilderness_hut. We have 60 such wilderness cabins and 4 ice huts in
> Alaska managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. They are
> scattered here and there in the wilds, have wood or oil heat, pit
> toilets, bunks for up to 8 people, and are unreachable by the highway
> system. Access is by hiking, or by boat or small plane.
>
> Alaska State Parks Public Use Cabins:
> http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/cabins/index.htm
>
> See here for an example information webpage with reservation link at
> the bottom: http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/cabins/gulf.htm
>
> And one I recently placed on the OSM near Midtimber Lake
>
> Node: Midtimber Lake Cabin (2755176663)
> Data Set: 95b38f
> Edited at: <new object>
> Edited by: <new object>
> Version: 1
> In changeset: 21410843
> Tags:
> "fee"="yes"
> "building"="yes"
> "source"="Bing"
> "website"="http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/cabins/gulf.htm"
> "name"="Midtimber Lake Cabin"
> "tourism"="wilderness_hut"
> "access"="public"
> "operator"="Alaska Department of Natural Resources"
>
> I am proposing adding the words "typically not accessible from the
> highway system" to the definition for wilderness_hut in the Map
> Features; Tourism section. Currently it says: "A remote building with
> fireplace intended to provide shelter and sleeping accommodation."
>
> Also I think the term fireplace is too restrictive. I would propose
> "usually equipped with a heat source of some type"
>
> The complete definition might read:
> "A remote building usually equipped with a heat source of some type
> and typically not accessible from the highway system intended to
> provide shelter and sleeping accommodation."
>
> I use the words "typically" and "usually" because there are 722
> instances of such huts and I do not know if those other places have
> road access or not. The ones in Alaska do not.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Dave
> --
> Dave Swarthout
> Homer, Alaska
> Chiang Mai, Thailand
> Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
>
>
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