On 11/04/2016 6:07 PM, KIDWELL Jeremy wrote:
Hi All,
I’m new to the list, so apologies if this has come up before. I’m
writing to see if there has been any ongoing discussion about how best
to tag community groups. In particular, I’m starting with things like
community gardens (I realise this category seems to be mostly sorted
with ), transition town initiatives, permaculture groups, community
development trusts, eco-congregations, etc. I’m most concerned about
striking a balance between some metadata which can capture the unique
kind of work and geographical footprint these groups have accurately,
but also keeping the data broadly accessible. So I’m wondering if
tagging as an “amenity” might be better than something a bit more
obscure, but am not quite sure that “amenity=social facility” or
“amenity=community centre” fully captures the nature of these
projects/initiatives. I’m most curious to hear if anyone else has been
tagging these groups anywhere else and whether there might be some
space for harmonising that work and setting up an OSM wiki.
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Best,
Jeremy
OSM maps physical objects ... not organisations. All the amenity tags
are fro objects.
However!
If a physical object is owned or operated by any organisation (business,
charity, community group etc) then there are tags to place on the
physical object to indicate this.
operator= link http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator
That wiki page also links to other relevant keys of;
owner=
ownership=
network=
Physical objects include gardens, shops.
But!
OSM does not cope well with plans, initiatives.. a fair few of these
kind of things don't take physical presence despite the intention to do so.
Usually if something is taking place on the ground (e.g. construction,
demolition) ..it will be shown on the map, if it is a plan then it won't
- the people who 'render' the data don't show it.
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