[OSM-talk] RFC - Proposal : mountain and wilderness shelter buildings

[Craig Wallace]

On 01/08/2009 17:21, sylvain letuffe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to propose this set of tags :
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/wilderness_mountain_buildings
> (composed of different proposal) to classify buildings open to the public in
> isolated areas.
>
> It tries to officialise the rather well used alpine_hut and tries to clear
> distinction between different type of amenity=shelter wich looks a
> bit "vague" to me as there are dozen of different shelters out there:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelter
>    
All looks pretty sensible.
Though reading through that page, and the Wikipedia articles, a 
wilderness hut and a bothy seem to be much the same thing.
In my experience, bothies often have fireplaces, and often have some 
sort of sleeping places, usually wooden platforms or maybe bunks (but no 
mattress / bedding).

I think it is essentially different terms for the same thing, bothy is 
used in the UK, wilderness hut elsewhere (and also backcountry hut?).

And in the UK, there's also "climbing huts" - these are usually owned by 
climbing clubs, and better quality than a bothy. They are kept locked, 
and needed to be booked/paid for in advance. See the section in this: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_hut (note they are different from 
an alpine hut, in that they are unstaffed and a bit more basic)