Proposed features/Wilderness hut

The Feature Page for the approved proposal wilderness_hut can be located at Tag:tourism=wilderness_hut.

Wilderness Hut
Status:	Approved (active)
Proposed by:	Sletuffe
Tagging:	tourism=wilderness_hut
Applies to:	node, area
Definition:	"A wilderness hut is a remote building with fireplace intended to provide shelter and sleeping accommodation."
Rendered as:	<appearance>
Draft start:	2009-08-01
RFC start:	2012-04-05
Vote start:	2012-04-20
Vote end:	2012-05-05

Contents 1 Proposal 2 Rationale 3 Examples 4 Tagging 5 Additional tags to discribe the equipment 6 Applies to 7 Rendering 8 Features/Pages affected 9 Comments 10 Voting 11 Voting result

Proposal

"A wilderness hut is a remote building with fireplace intended to provide shelter and sleeping accommodation."

Required properties :

• Remote building found in the countryside
• The access is usually restricted to foot, mountain bike or ski. Sometimes there are streets for 4WD for delivering food and other stuff not open to the public with motorised vehicles. In winter access might also be possible via snowcats...
• Free rent, open to the public, but may require overnight fee in some country
• No permanent human presence
• You will find suitable sleeping places
• Fireplace or stove for cooking and heating
• Fully closed (roof and walls)
• Mostly made of stone or wood.
• Optional need for keys to enter
• Optional owner access through restricted tracks might still be possible, also access by cablelift or helicopter.

See also:
Wilderness Hut on wikipedia
Bothy on wikipedia
Backcountry hut on wikipedia

This proposal is part of a set of tags for Proposed features/wilderness_mountain_buildings

Rationale

This tag is used 186 times at 2012-04-01 07:59 UTC

Examples

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  Wilderness hut build from stone

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  Interior of a wilderness hut

• 

  Alpe Scaredi, Italy

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  Oahujoki Wilderness Hut in Inari, Finland

• 

  Elizabeth Parker Hut, Canada

Tagging

Applies to nodes or area (forming the building outlines)

Key	Value	Discussion
tourism	wilderness_hut	The main tag

Additional tags to discribe the equipment

You can increase knowlege of the location with optional tags.

Key	Value	Discussion
shower	yes/no	Are showers available
mattress	yes/no	Are mattress available
drinking_water	yes/no	If water is available inside (or aside). If there is a drinking_water or spring available at a measurable distance (given your recording method) record it as a separate point with amenity=drinking_water
toilets	yes/no	If toilets are available inside (or aside). If this is at a measurable distance (given your recording method) record it as a separate point with amenity=toilets
reservation=*	yes no required recommended members_only	yes - reservation is possible no - there is no reservation option for this amenity required - you have to reserve if you want to sleep at the hut recommended - you should make a reservation members_only - reservation is only possible for members of the organisation running the hut
locked	yes/no	If you need a key from the owner for access.

Other useful generic tags :

• ele=* elevation
• name=* name
• capacity=* sleeping capacity
• fee=yes require overnight fee
• description=* fill more information with text
• access=* useful values are access=yes and access=private. NOTE. This tag should not be confused with the status of the operator (e.g., DAV/CAF/SAC owned vs. privately owned. Private would indicate that the hut is only open to members or associates of the owning organisation (this is the typical status for mountain huts in the UK, see discussion).
• operator=* typically used to indicate huts owned or maintained by a specific organisation. E.g.,

[Mountain Bothy Association], [Österreichischer Alpenverein], administration of forest or national parks.

Applies to

Applies to nodes or area (forming the building outlines)

Rendering

or or or

Features/Pages affected

While amenity=shelter can be used for any kind of shelter also not man-made, tourism=wilderness_hut has a specific meaning.

Proposed_features/Alpine_hut
Proposed_features/Basic_hut

Comments

See talk page

Voting

• I approve this proposal. sletuffe 15:33, 20 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal.--Rudolf 16:27, 20 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. FedericoCozzi 18:02, 20 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. --Kaitu 18:08, 20 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. --Pedja 19:25, 20 April 2012 (CET)
• I approve this proposal. --Geri-oc 18:36, 20 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. --Fabi2 19:29, 20 April 2012 (BST)
• I abstain from this proposal. I can hardly believe that you may use such a facility without paying for it. If you pay for it, it's a tourism=chalet. According to Wikipedia, wilderness huts are primarily a Finnish tradition. Are there enough of them to justify a new first-level tag?

Welcome in a different world ! Those facilities exists, for free and for anyone, at least in france, italy and switzerland sletuffe 00:50, 21 April 2012 (BST)

• I approve this proposal. -- Al3xius 10:50, 21 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal.--Kjon 12:32, 21 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. --Extremecarver 08:03, 23 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. jorisbens 08:23, 23 April 2012 (BST)
• I oppose this proposal. A general and meaningful tag is worth more than a thousand specialized tags, that nobody but a handful of specialists worldwide know. Lets stick to the principle: a general tag and attributes to refine it. --BorisC 23:53, 23 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. -- Gian Mario Navillod 11:55, 24 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. -- Gomatteo 12:23, 24 April 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal.--Javiersanp 17:51, 29 April 2012 (BST)
• I oppose this proposal. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness_hut It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Bothy , Backcountry hut , Mountain hut and Climbing hut - it is not clear what the difference between all these objects is or is not. --Marmoti 19:31, 30 April 2012 (CEST)

You are talking about a wikipedia merge suggestion, this proposal here, on OSM is meant to cover all huts type you mentionned sletuffe 18:33, 2 May 2012 (BST)

• I oppose this proposal. tourism=alpine_hut and amenity=shelter are enough. We does'nt need special features for every hut!--R-michael 16:20, 2 May 2012 (BST)
• I approve this proposal. --Kfj 10:59, 4 May 2012 (BST)

Voting result

Voting is closed. 15 users voted "yes", 3 user voted "no", one neutral. Proposal has reached the minimum amount of 15 votes with a majority approval.