[Tagging] recent change to ranger_station proposal

John Willis johnw at mac.com
Thu Mar 5 08:30:38 UTC 2015


Is there some kind of vending "machine" value for hiking / camping/ fishing permits?

I would definitely be interested in where permits are sold at a campground or even at a wider view of a whole wilderness park - maybe that is implied in amenity=ranger_station ?

That seems like a good implication for a ranger station. 

Amenity:ranger_station=permits 

Something like that. 

Javbw

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> On Mar 5, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Tod Fitch <tod at fitchdesign.com> wrote:
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> 
>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 10:25 PM, Dave Swarthout wrote:
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>> >>tourism=information  "May include Tourist information centres and offices. " http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dinformation
>> >>information=office    "An office where you can get information about a town or region."  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:information 
>> 
>> Yes, I suppose those two tags work for visitor center. That's what I've been using up to now. That said, IMO the ranger_station is a different type of amenity from the information office described in the above tags. Just a couple of simple additions to the wiki page would clarify those differences.
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> One of the things that you can get at Park Service or Forest Service visitor centers or "ranger stations" includes permits (camping, fire, etc.). My first impression of a place tagged with tourism=information is that it is strictly for local information, not that it also a place to get some specific types of legal paperwork issued.
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