[Tagging] How to map a homeless encampment/colony?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Mo., 30. Sept. 2019 um 02:22 Uhr schrieb Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:

> > how big are these areas, are these spots for a handful or a few dozens
> (or even hundreds or thousands) of people?
> >
> The larger ones local to me may be a dozen? Not something I look for or
> map. They tend to want to 'hide' to reduce the possibility of harassment.
> However I expect that these could be refuges in other parts of the world
> and may then go into the hundreds. I see no point in placing some limit in
> either direction on a suitable tag.
> There is no limit on the size of a building nor the length of a road so
> why raise the issue of the size of the area?



it is not about placing arbitrary limits, but different size can mean
different feature. When there are hundreds or thousands of people living
close to each other it may become kind of a settlement.

Cheers,
Martin
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