I looked back at that discussion but it seems to be about RVs/caravans/motor homes/camper trailers.
I'm not asking about shops that sell "motor homes" or "RVs" or "5th wheels" or "camper trailers" or "caravans" or "camper vans". I understand that both self-propelled "motorhomes" and pulled "caravans" can be sold at a shop=caravan. Rather this is a place where you can view and order a manufactured dwelling, aka "static caravan", "mobile home", which you might place in a "trailer park" in the USA. Some of these look rather house-like, if they are "double-wide" and have to be delivered in 2 parts, others are somewhat similar to camping caravans but are designed for year-round living in one place, in mild climates. Perhaps in Britain you can buy a "mobile home" or something designed as a "static caravan" at the same shop which sells self-propelled motorhomes, but I expect not? Another user made the page shop=mobile_home but I'm guessing that this is American English and might not be correct. "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_home: "A *mobile home* (also *trailer* , *trailer home*, *house trailer*, *static caravan*, *residential caravan*) is a prefabricated <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabrication>structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent homes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home>, or for holiday or temporary accommodation, they are left often permanently or semi-permanently in one place" Do they have shops that sell these in Britain? On 11/19/19, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Joseph > > Back in January when I created shop=caravan & the other versions, there was > *very* extensive discussion on here regarding the various options & > combinations of names. > > You may like to find a comfortable seat, pour yourself either a hot coffee > or a cold beer, & have a read of > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-January/041883.html > :-) > > Thanks > > Graeme > > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 11:44, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> There are places in the USA where you can buy a "mobile home" which is >> meant to be semi-permanently installed in one place, unlike an "RV" >> which is meant for camping in different places. I believe these are >> called "static caravans" in Britain, and there is a tag >> "building=static_caravan" for the installed feature, also known >> colloquially as a "trailer" (USA), "caravan" (Britain), or >> "manufactured home" (only really used in advertising by the industry). >> >> In the USA small ones are "single-wide" if they can be moved in 1 >> piece, but you can get a "double-wide" or "triple-wide" manufactured >> house, which is moved in 2 or 3 pieces and has to be reassembled at >> the site where it is installed. These bigger ones usually get a >> foundation, but the smaller cheap ones are often left up on wheels or >> concrete blocks. >> >> Right now there is a page documenting "shop=mobile_home" which is used >> only 14 times - >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dmobile_home >> >> But is seems like this isn't the right terminology in British English. >> What would be better? shop=static_caravan perhaps? >> >> - Joseph Eisenberg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
