[Talk-GB] Motorhome Stopovers or Aires

[Edward Bainton]

+1 for this question.

I saw lots in the Highlands and Islands this summer. Have  asked OSM
Scotland on info at openstreetmapscotland.org <info at openstreetmapscotland.org> but
no reply as yet.

I saw signs in laybys both explicitly permitting and prohibiting overnight
stays by campervans.

(Related, there was one evidently de facto "wild " tent  campsite near
Portree - though hardly wild in practice, just loo-less)

On Sat, 28 Aug 2021, 17:18 Dudley Ibbett, <dudleyibbett at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Up until the last few years we've not really had many of these in the UK.
> With the increase in motorhome use in the UK people are now lobbying to get
> more of these set up in the UK:  https://campra.org.uk/
>
> How are people tagging these in the UK?  It looks like they should come
> under tourism=caravan_site according to the wiki entry for this but I
> cannot see any sub tags within the wiki entry that would distinguish an
> "Aire" from a more typical caravan site.  They could for example just be
> some "signed" area within a car park.  It would seem a bit odd to tag these
> as tourism=caravan_site but it would seem this is all that is available at
> present.  Perhaps an additional tag of "caravan_site=motorhome_stopover"
> could be added.
>
> It is also become more common for pubs to allow motorhomes to stop over in
> their car parks.    Should these come under the tag "tourism=caravan_site"?
>
> I tried looking at some "Aires" in France on OSM.  The ones I looked at
> were car parks but none had any additional tags to suggest they allowed a
> motorhome stopover.   It would suggest that "tourism=caravan_site" isn't an
> accepted method to tag motorhome stopovers.  Perhaps it needs to come under
> "amenity=parking".
>
> It is possible I have missed something given the number of Aires that
> exist in Europe!!
>
> Any suggestions on how to tag this type of motorhome stopover in the UK
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Dudley
>
>
>
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