[Talk-GB] Caravan parks re-tagged tourism=chalet

[Mark Goodge]

On 06/01/2022 10:20, Martin Wynne wrote:
> On 06/01/2022 09:27, Mark Goodge wrote:
>> It may seem a little counter-intuitive to tag something as a 
>> caravan_site and then also tag it as caravans=no,
> 
> The Wiki says caravans=yes/no applies to being allowed to live in the 
> caravan on-site overnight or longer.

Well, what it says is that it means "Whether camping in caravans is 
allowed", and goes along with tents=yes/no which means "Whether camping 
in tents is allowed". The natural interpretation of that is that it 
shows whether or not you are allowed to bring your own tent or caravan 
to the site and stay in it.

The wiki for key:caravans says that

"Th attribute caravans=yes means that caravans are allowed on a 
camp_site or camp_pitch. "Caravan" is a British English term for 
specially made vehicles that have space to sleep while traveling, and 
often include other amenities such as electricity, basic cooking 
facilities and water supply. The caravan might be a trailer towed by 
another vehicle (ie travel trailer, camping trailer, popup camper), or a 
larger motorized vehicle (recreational vehicle (RV) or motorhome)."

That supports the description of the key in the wiki page for 
tourism:caravan_site - that is, it shows whether caravans (ie, touring 
caravans) are allowed on the site.

> There are caravan parks which are actually over-winter secure storage 
> sites for caravans, such as this one:
> 
>   https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.3351089,-2.2214391,188m/data=!3m1!1e3

According to the wiki, tourism=caravan_site shouldn't be used for sites 
that are purely for unoccupied storage:

"This tag is not for mapping parking spaces for (unoccupied) storage of 
caravans / RVs (though some caravan sites may offer that as an 
additional service)."

> On the iD editor tourism=caravan_site is actually labelled *RV Park* 
> which I think means self-powered Residential Vehicles (mobile homes), 
> which may not allow 2-wheel trailer caravans.

When I look at it, tourism=caravan_site is labelled as "Caravan Park". 
I'm not familiar with the inner workings of iD, so this may be a 
language-related difference - the wiki says that the terms caravan site, 
caravan park, motorhome stopover location and RV park are effectively 
synonyms and all covered by caravan_site.

Mark