What about: amenity=shelter historic=alpine_hut ruins=yes (if appropriate) Volker (Padova, Italy)
On 27 March 2013 05:16, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > Just wondering how best to tag the historic "alpine" huts we have in > the mountains of southeast Australia. Some basic properties: > - usually fully enclosed (4 walls and a roof) although not necessarily > weatherproof > - usually have fireplaces > - sometimes in good enough condition to sleep in (bring your own > mattress and bedding) > - primarily of historical interest, rather than for accommodation. > That is, you might have lunch in the hut, or camp next to it - you > wouldn't hike without a tent and plan to sleep in the huts. (They > often have rodent and/or snake inhabitants...) > - could possibly be completely uninhabitable or ruined. (Hiking maps > here typically don't make much distinction, they might say "Smith Hut > (ruins)") > - typically built between 1850 and say 1920 by stockmen (cattle farmers). > - only maintained for their heritage value - no one improves them, > there's no hut warden or anything. > > Is this just an Australian thing? tourism=basic_hut seems like the > closest, but still promises accommodation. I think most Australians > would know what to expect, but there are frequent stories of unhappy > Europeans expecting hot meals in the middle of nowhere... > > An example of a hut I visited on the weekend, Kelly Hut near Licola. > Rough wooden walls, corrugated iron roof, stone chimney, dirt floor. > There's a very rough sleeping platform (no mattresses), no table or > chairs. The door is a sheet of corrugated iron. I'd have lunch in > there, especially on a cold day, but I wouldn't sleep in there unless > desperate. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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