[OSM-talk] [tagging] - Alpine Hut

[Sven Geggus]

Alexander Zatko <orders at strings.net> wrote:

> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Alpine_Hut

People suggest to merge this with amenity=shelter, but this is very
different.

There are a lot of these Huts in Austria and Switzerland and there you
can usually buy food&drinks and get accommodation to stay overnight.

There is however another thing we would need a Tag for. unfortunately
I don't know an englisch word (bivouac?), we call this
"Biwakschachtel" in German:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biwakschachtel

No foo, no drinks, just a few beds to stay overnight.

Especially in Austria and Italy most of those Huts are owned by
German, Austrian or Italian Alpine Clubs.

Sven

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