[OSM-talk] mapnik shelter rendering

[Craig Wallace]

On 11/10/2009 17:19, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2009/10/11 Dave F.<davefox at madasafish.com>:
>    
>> I think you maybe confusing
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Shelter
>> with
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Alpine_Hut
>>      
> no, I don't, alpine huts are bigger places, sometimes with
> "restaurant-like" features and beds, while shelters are small huts,
> sometimes not closed on all sides, to protect you in bad weather. But
> I agree that there could be differentiation with subtags. All covered
> busstops currently are tagged with shelter=yes.
>    
There's also this: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/wilderness_mountain_buildings
With a number of proposed tags to use instead of the rather ambiguous 
"shelter".
But not much seems to have happened with it for a while, and it seems to 
include several different words for what is essentially the same thing.

Craig