Is there any knowledge that we could draw about standards from other agencies writing in this area? Perhaps UN OCHA or UNHCR?
On Tue, 4 Feb 2020, 02:42 Manon Viou <[email protected] wrote: > Dear all, > > There is not yet a real consensus within the OSM community regarding the > way to reference refugee sites in OSM. As a result, tagging is applied > inconsistently which makes it quite difficult to find and use this data. In > the past years there have been several attempts to improve the referencing > of refugee camps in OSM but they never succeeded in finalizing a full > proposal. > > Humanitarian organizations working with refugees and other displaced > populations are willing to open some of their data to OpenStreetMap for > wider and sustainable dissemination, but a common framework aligned with > OpenStreetMap standards is necessary. > > Since many individuals and organizations already contribute to > OpenStreetMap refugee site mapping efforts, it would benefit everyone to > agree on a clear and consistent tagging schema for refugee sites. > > We would like to propose a very generic tag this time to map the location > of refugee camps. We propose to use the tag *place=refugee_site* > See the proposal wiki page : > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Refugee_Site_Location > Thank you for your consideration, > > And please feel free to comment, preferably directly on the wiki ! > > Kind regards, > > Manon > > [image: CartONG- Humanitarian mapping and information management] > <http://www.cartong.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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