[HOT] Feature Proposal - Refugee Site Location

[Tim McNamara]

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 <m_viou at cartong.org 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
>
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