[Tagging] Allotments plot / lot tagging and ref?

[Paul Allen]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 at 23:46, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The current wiki page for landuse=allotments
> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dallotments) states
> that one should "Use allotments=plot and/or boundary=lot for an
> individual plot and lot=number_of_plot for number of plot."
>

It has changed since I looked at it several months ago (or my memory of it
has).  I don't
remember boundary=lot or lot=number_of_plot.

However, the wiki page for allotments=plot
> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:allotments%3Dplot) states
> "You may want to use the ref=* to indicate the number assigned to your
> plot."
>

That I remember.  And found it to be of little value as it didn't render
and wasn't displayed by iD.

The other interesting fact is that the proposal page for
>

Ah, the proposal page.  Last time I looked it had a link to an example,
created by the
proposer.  Which didn't use ref=* but did use name=*.  The name IS
displayed by iD,
but isn't rendered.  So, for the sake of my sanity, I used name as well as
ref so I could see
what I was doing.

I should also point out that the name of the plot in the example made it
clear it was a memorial
plot (something like "Fred J Bloggs Memorial Plot").  Using the name of the
person utilizing the
plot would possibly breach data protection legislation.  Just saying, for
those tempted to do
that.

allotments=plot and the wiki page both show this as an "approved" tag,
> however there were 8 opposing votes and only 9 approving votes in the
> 14 day voting period, so it should have been marked as rejected back
> in 2013. Perhaps the status should be changed to "in use", since it is
> used 11,000 times.
>

Yeah, the proposer was naughty.  But it's now a de facto tag anyway and
should be documented
as such.  One day plots may even be rendered, but I'm not holding my breath.

-- 
Paul
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