Mochila Oriental
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Sources and
method

How we classify places, how reliable each data point is and what we do not know.

Classification

Camping services

This site’s own classification by services. It is not an official category: no rule in force classifies campsites.

No services

Camping area with no drinking water or grills. This is the site’s focus: free camping near the water.

4 campsites

Water only

Has drinking water, but no grills.

5 campsites

Water and grill

Has drinking water and grills. It may have more services.

7 campsites

Unclassified

We have not checked its services yet.

84 campsites

Some campsites change services with the season (for example, water and grills in summer and no services the rest of the year): the map and the cards show the services on the day of your visit, and the place page shows both.

6-level scale, plus our own measurement

Confidence level

Where each data point comes from, from highest to lowest priority. If two sources differ, we show both. A data point more than 2 years old is marked as outdated.

  1. OfficialIntendencia, ministry, SNAP or public body.59 sources
  2. OperatorA private operator’s or establishment’s own site.13 sources
  3. DirectoryCampsite directories, such as campinguruguay.info.12 sources
  4. GuideTravel guides and the press.24 sources
  5. CommunityOpenStreetMap, Wikiloc, forums.56 sources
  6. BlogPersonal blogs.6 sources
  7. MeasuredOur own measurement on the map, with the method stated. Kept apart from the scale.4 sources

How we work

We never estimate

If a source does not give a data point, it shows “no data”. Distances to water are measured, not guessed.

Disagreements in plain sight

If two sources differ, we show both and do not pick one.

Always dated

Prices and opening hours more than 2 years old are marked as outdated.

174 sources in the place pages

Sources by type

Sources used in the detailed place pages. The full research has more than 700.

Official59 sources
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Operator13 sources
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Directory12 sources
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Guide24 sources
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Community56 sources
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Blog6 sources
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Measured4 sources
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Known gaps

  • No official source publishes trail elevation gain, and almost none publishes distance, time or difficulty.
  • Of 100 campsites, 51 have exact coordinates, 48 approximate and 1 none.
  • There are few freely licensed photos of campsites with no services.
  • Several official sites did not respond during the research.
  • In 12 departments we found no departmental rule on camping or fire.
  • 143 of 185 places have no sources loaded in their page yet.

Found an error?

Write to us with the name of the place, which data point is wrong and, if you can, a source or a photo. Each place page has a link that fills in the email subject.

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