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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/04/2016 6:07 PM, KIDWELL Jeremy
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<div>Hi All,</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Thanks in advance for any feedback,</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Jeremy</div>
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OSM maps physical objects ... not organisations. All the amenity
tags are fro objects. <br>
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However!<br>
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. <br>
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operator= link <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator</a><br>
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That wiki page also links to other relevant keys of;<br>
owner=<br>
ownership=<br>
network=<br>
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Physical objects include gardens, shops.<br>
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But!<br>
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. <br>
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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