I do not believe the concerns and questions at the talk page have been adequately addressed
(https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Refugee_Site_Location) While I appreciate the idea of mapping locations related to refugees, I do not think the proposed definition and tags wil work. The description includes too many possibilities: "A refugee site is a place that hosts refugee and/or IDP population and that is under operation of the UNHCR or another organization (other NGO, government agency, etc.). A refugee site can be a temporary site or a long term site." This could include a single building which which is operated by a local church and hosts a single refugee family from another country for a month or two. It could also include a huge semi-permanent settlement with thousands of people, shops, businesses, permanent structures and so on, which is nominally operated by a government agency but which actually functions as a town for many years. The definition needs to be changed so that it is clear what qualifies and what does not. Also, another new tag "refugee_site:for" is proposed with values "refugee" or "IDP." The second value is bad because it's a rare acronym for "internally displaced persons", and neither value is defined. Apparently "refugree" might only be used for people who have crossed a national border? There is also mention of additional tags "operational_status" and "official_status=unofficial" which are undefined. The second, official_status, had a proposal but that one was quite different (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Official_status) And operational_status=* has no wiki page, and this proposal does not define it. For these reasons, the current version of the proposal should not be approved. I suggest improving the definition of the tags and making it very clear which new tags are being approved by the proposal. - Joseph Eisenberg On 3/2/20, Manon Viou <m_v...@cartong.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > The proposed feature for refugee site location was posted for comment on > January 30 th. During February we have received several valuable comments. > Thank you for your feedbacks! > > Your participation allowed us to improve our proposal in order to map > refugee site location. > > We would like now to start the Request for Voting, > > Please find below the proposal which is being put to vote : > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Refugee_Site_Location#Tagging > > This ends on 2020-02-17 > > Regards, > > Manon, > > [image: CartONG- Humanitarian mapping and information management] > > Manon Viou > > Coordinatrice projet Missing Maps > > [image: Email:] m_v...@cartong.org | [image: Skype:] manon.viou > [image: Phone:] +33 (0)4 79 26 28 82 | [image: Mobile:] +33 (0)7 83889839 > > [image: Address:] Chambéry, France - Lon: 05°55'24''N | Lat: 45°30'20''E _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
