[talk-au] Walker intention books - how to tag?

[John Henderson]

I've wondered the same thing myself.

My thought is that a user-defined amenity tag might be the most 
appropriate, given the lack of anything already defined.

amenity=logbook

seems simple and meaningful to me.  Log books are frequently used to 
give and to update intentions.

Maybe it could be adopted in the hiking wiki.

John

Mark Pulley wrote:
> Anyone got any suggestions on how to tag walker intention books? These 
> are located at the start of walks in remote areas so park rangers / 
> rescue services know where you were going if you don't come back. The 
> Hiking page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hiking doesn't help.
> 
> At Strzelecki Peaks on Flinders Island I recently tagged one, this was 
> located with a board, so I used tourism=information, information=board, 
> note=walker intention book located here.
> I'm currently adding Staircase and Eskdale Spur walks on Mount Bogong - 
> there are two books to tag, but no boards with them (just a post with a 
> metal box containing the book - the map is elsewhere). Any ideas? 
> (tourism=information, information=guidepost doesn't seem appropriate here!)
> 
> Strzelecki Peaks book (shown as "i" in Osmarender):
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-40.20439&lon=148.0505&zoom=17&layers=0B00FTF 
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-40.20439&lon=148.0505&zoom=17&layers=0B00FTF>
> 
> 
> First Mount Bogong book will be here (I haven't saved anything yet so it 
> looks rather blank at the moment):
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-36.7020123&lon=147.2587325&zoom=21
> 
> 
> Mark P.
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