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
