[Tagging] Tagging ideas for a non-profit ”course center”

[Joseph Eisenberg]

Could you provide a link to one of these?

I think these might be what we call a “retreat center” in the USA.
They are campsites used for groups only, or sometimes more like
resorts with chalets and apartments.

If the accommodations are tents and rough cabins mainly, I would use
tourism=camp_site plus group_only=yes

The tag group_only was meant for campsites that are just for groups:
"Is it only usable for a group, eg. Church Groups, Schools, Clubs?"
(see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dcamp_site)

-Joseph

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 5:48 PM Jyri-Petteri Paloposki
<jyri-petteri.paloposki at iki.fi> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> At least in Finland we have course centers maintained by non-profit
> organisations, for example religious and scout organisations. These
> usually have accommodation space to some extent, kitchen facilities and
> usually also some yard space for tents and other outdoor accommodation
> for having larger outdoor events. They're located in the countryside
> away from the city center and for example hotels.
>
> I was wondering what would be a good way to tag these. I found the
> following alternatives from the current wiki descriptions:
>
> – leisure=summer_camp. Not suitable because these facilities are used
> round the year and they're not used by a single entity, but rented to
> different uses (often with some limitations though, for example not for
> parties etc.)
>
> – tourism=camp_site. Not suitable because these facitilies are not
> rented freely to campers but mainly to groups for courses, camps etc.
>
> – amenity=social_centre. Not suitable because they're not for the use of
> only a single entity but all kinds of non-profits.
>
> – amenity=community_centre. Not suitable because they are only used for
> private or limited events, ie. are not used for regular support groups
> or other community activities.
>
> – amenity=events_venue. This also doesn't seem suitable since it's more
> low-key having group accommodation in larger rooms and not being
> suitable for actual parties or similar.
>
> – Proposed amenity=conference_centre. This doesn't fit since it's more
> low-key. Usually there are meeting rooms and possible even an
> auditorium, but the facility is usually in the countryside or at least
> away from the city centre and for example hotels.
>
> – amenity=course_centre. This is an undocumented tag that is used by one
> facility in Finland, which seems to be one of the course centres I'm
> meaning.
>
> Any ideas for tagging these other than the last (very little used) one,
> or would it be better to use it and document it on the wiki?
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Jyri-Petteri Paloposki
>
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