[Tagging] Hitching posts as a form of parking

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 00:00 2022-08-29, Warin đã viết:
> 
> On 29/8/22 09:22, Anne- Karoline Distel wrote:
>> Then we should probably scratch all reference to horses and just 
>> mention all the included animals on the wiki page.
>>
>> Would amenity=hitching do the trick with sub-categories hitching=post, 
>> hitching=ring or something like that?
> 
> 
> Hitching is also used for hitch hiking - where a person stands beside a 
> road trying to obtain a lift.

Yes, in fact, amenity=hitching probably could be mistaken for the 
customary location of a slug line [1] or similar.

> amenity=animal_hitch would clear that up..

The word "hitch" does occur in "hitchhiking" and "hitching a ride", but 
a hitch has nothing to do with either. "Hitch" actually means the 
fastener used to mount a trailer or, alternatively, a horse-and-buggy 
combination. So taken literally, animal=animal_hitch would be sort of 
like tagging a bike rack as amenity=bicycle_lock or a truck parking as 
amenity=hgv_articulated. Maybe I'm overthinking it though. :-D

I appreciate animal_hitch being more idiomatic than horse_parking, but 
out of curiosity, what's the reason we're avoiding the term "hitching 
post" in favor of a third tag, currently unused? Would it be OK to call 
an editor preset "hitching post" in English, regardless of the 
underlying raw tag value?

For context, I'm mostly interested in hitching posts because of mapping 
in Amish Country, where some businesses have hitching posts for horses 
alongside car parking. But I've also come across hitching posts used for 
tourist carriages in New Orleans, maybe similar to the rings you 
mentioned that have historical value. It's neat to see that there are 
parallels all over for a feature that hadn't received much attention in 
OSM before.

Incidentally, there's also tourism=trail_riding_rest, which is 
documented as an area that would feature hitching posts in a rural 
recreational context. [2] I have no idea if there's a better term for those.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slugging
[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dtrail_riding_rest

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