Voting is still open a few more days for place=refugee_site But I am still concerned about this claim: "For long-term refugee site that are no longer under operation of the UNHCR or another organization (other NGO, government, etc.) it is possible to use instead or also the tag place=town or place=village."
You cannot tag the same Openstreetmap database object with both place=town and place=refugee_site - you would have to create 2 separate nodes. -- Joseph Eisenberg On 3/3/20, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
