[Talk-GB] Official wild camping spots, and poo bins, but not for dogs

[James Derrick]

On 02/09/2021 16:03, Chris Hodges wrote:
> In Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park, there are byelaws 
> restricting wild camping, meaning that certain designated wild-camping 
> spots exist.  These can be though of as unattended campsites with no 
> facilities, and must be booked, at least during summer.  So I assume 
> tourism=camp_site + backcountry=yes + fee=yes will deal with that.

Useful to know (bikepacking!).


> Some of these sites have a new feature, bins for disposal of bagged 
> human faeces (only).  Notionally, these should probably be tagged 
> amenity=waste_basket + waste=human_excrement by analogy to dog bins, 
> but this doesn't seem to exist at the moment.  What's the best way to 
> tag this very useful amenity (for wild campers at least)?

The nearest equivalent that comes to mind is pump-outs for motor homes 
and boats (e.g. Canal & River Trust elsan disposal points) which are for 
(ahem) unpackaged liquid effluent:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway=sanitary_dump_station

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Toilet_Holding_Tank_Disposal

ISTR there was a move to make some of these tags less specific using 
amenity=waste_disposal, but as you suggest the wiki doesn't show an 
obvious type.

     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waste

After a quick look, global taginfo does show 11x objects tagged with 
waste=excrement, but 93x with waste=excrements. A quick 
https://overpass-turbo.eu/ query suggests one is a German site that 
might actually be man_made=wastewater_plant, but others just appear to 
be dog bins.

As you're tagging amenity=waste_basket there shouldn't be a confusion 
with mobile pump-outs, but waste=human_excrement would avoid any 
confusion with a dog waste bin.


James
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