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On 14.04.2023 10:13, Volker Schmidt wrote:<br>
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<div>Ownership is not relevant if you think in terms of
fixmystreet..</div>
<div>Just two extreme examples.</div>
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<li>The Italian Motorway network is owned by the Italian via
a state-majority public company, and operated by several
different private or state-owned companies that to all
effects own specific parts of the network. They take the
road toll and do all the maintenance.</li>
<li>I lived for a couple of years in city (in the US) The
street was property of the city, the drainage system was
theirs, but I had to clean the street in front of the
house up to the middle from the leaves falling from the
trees that the city had planted. If the drainage does not
work, who is the operator or owner?</li>
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LIke I summarised earlier, it seems the most important information
to capture is ownership=*. Owner can be derived from ownership
geograhically almost all of the time, and if not, can be captured
separately in owner=* as needed. If and when the relevant operator
is different from the owner, operator=* can captured.<br>
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Per your example, as a citizen of said US city, if I had a complaint
about drainage malfunctions, wouldn't I be expected to contact the
city? I would think the reasonable approach was to contact the city,
and the city would in turn contact you if they determine that the
cause and responsibilites justify it.<br>
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We have the same thing in Norway. Property owners in the city are
required by local law to clear snow from sidewalks adjacent to their
property. Property owners in the suburbs are not. As a member of the
public who had a complaint about a slippery sidewalk, I would
contact the city, and the city would need to delegate when
appropriate.<br>
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So for Fixmystreet, ownership (and owner derived from that) seems to
be very relevant.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Jens<br>
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