[Tagging] Hunting stands, bird and wildlife hides

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Tue Oct 22 07:46:11 UTC 2019


Am Di., 22. Okt. 2019 um 09:35 Uhr schrieb Ilya Zverev <ilya at zverev.info>:

> Hi folks,
>
> Today we were looking for a tag to mark this structure:
>
> http://not.textual.ru/zverik/2/5/some_hide.jpg
>
> Searching the wiki gave out FIVE options:
>
> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dbird_hide
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure=bird_hide>
> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dwildlife_hide
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure=wildlife_hide>
> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dhunting_stand
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=hunting_stand>
> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:hunting%3Draised_hide
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:hunting=raised_hide>
> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tower:type%3Dobservation
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tower:type=observation>
>
> What’s confusing is that photos in the first three look the same, even
> with a book on birds featured on the wildlife_hide page.
>


> I can imagine how tower:type=observation differs from the others, but what
> do you think about four others? Should we add a warning box on all three
> “_hide” tags to use amenity=hunting_stand instead? Or choose one “_hide”
> over others? Currently the wiki is very disorienting.
>



a hunting stand is a place where hunters are waiting for animals to shoot
them. A bird hide or wildlife hide is a place where you can observe animals
/ birds.

I do not recall any discussion about hunting=raised_hide and it seems to be
a duplicate or sub-group of hunting stand. The tag should probably be
discouraged as stand alone tag (in favor of hunting stand), but it could
make sense to state the subtype of hunting stand.

Observation towers are similar features, but usually higher and not
specifically for watching animals. The definition says they are for "long
distance" observations, while hunting stands are for observing within
shooting range.

With regard to your photo, we cannot tell which is the correct tag, because
we do not know what the purpose is.

Cheers,
Martin
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