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

[sylvain letuffe]

> Though reading through that page, and the Wikipedia articles, a
> wilderness hut and a bothy seem to be much the same thing.

Good point. In previous discussions on shelter, the name "bothy" came a few 
times. In lack of evidence and knowledge, I proposed it separated from 
wilderness_hut. (Reading through wikipedia made me think it was quite 
equivalent). One of the two could be dropped.

> 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).
That's really close to the definition I have for a wilderness_hut. 
(mastress/bedding might be suited as an optional tag)

> 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)

The main difference I understand is that they are not opened to the public. An 
additionnal access=private or permissive tag might do the trick. For the 
quality, defining too many different shelter types to reflect a quality might 
be tricky as being quite subjective or a full range of possibilities.

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sylvain letuffe