[Talk-GB] Static caravan or chalet? Possible language issue?

Philip Barnes phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Mon Feb 19 21:07:12 UTC 2024


On Mon, 2024-02-19 at 12:29 +0000, James Derrick wrote:
>  
> Hi,
>  
> A couple of Haven "holiday park" resorts have been re-tagged from
> `tourism=caravan_site` to `tourism=chalet` with a specific note which
> makes me wonder if there is a language issue around the meaning of
> `caravan` and `caravan_site` in Europe verses the UK?
>  
> I've added a changeset note asking for the logic behind the change,
> and inviting the mapper to discuss with the UK community as their
> history seems to contain a lot of caravan site changes across Europe.
>  
Certainly something that has been discussed before on this list.

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2022-January/028349.html

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2023-February/030082.html

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2023-May/030410.html

Phil (trigpoint)



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