[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Refugee Site Location

António Madeira antoniomadeira at gmx.com
Fri Apr 17 21:54:39 UTC 2020


If a refugee site has a well established name (and, unfortunately, there
are many examples all over the world), I don't see why it can't have a
"place" tag.

Às 18:24 de 17/04/2020, Lukas-458 at web.de escreveu:
> Hi,
> my question is whether this then rather would be something for the
> "place" tag? Or did we maybe have that discussion already?
> --Lukas
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 17. April 2020 um 18:28 Uhr
> *Von:* "Manon Viou" <m_viou at cartong.org>
> *An:* "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
> <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
> *Betreff:* Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Refugee Site Location
> Hello everyone,
> It seems I haven't been very clear in my explanations; I sometimes
> have a bit of trouble choosing the right word (especially in English).
> And I think the “small”/”large” discussion is going the wrong direction…
> The new tag we want to propose is to map refugee camps or as it’s
> seems better to say in English now : refugee sites. So we want to map
> *human settlement*.
> The social_facility=shelter tag is very suitable to map single or
> individual building or a small group of buildings like a refugee
> center, an accommodation center or a care and hosting center for refugees.
> But (according to many people now)  the social_facility=shelter tag is
> not suitable to map  refugee camps that are human settlements,
> populated places where hundreds or  thousands people live.
> That’s why we propose to create a new value for the amenity tag :
> amenity=refugee_site, to map human settlement where refugees can find
> protection.
> kind regards,
> Manon
>
>     Le 17 avril 2020 à 13:03, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> a écrit :
>     On 17/4/20 5:29 am, Manon Viou wrote:
>
>         Hello,
>         According to Martin and Warin, the difference between large
>         and small refugee site is not clear enough,
>         Martin suggested to use population capacity, for instance less
>         than 200 people fro small refugee site,
>         Warin suggested to use number of square meters,
>         For what I have observed, small facilities sheltering refugee
>         (for instance: refugee centers, accommodation center, care and
>         hosting center, church) are not exactly what we can call
>         refugee site. the difference, beyond the number of building,
>         number of population or square meter, is quite obvious.
>
>     ?? How is it 'obvious'???
>
>     I have no idea of what that 'obvious' thing is!
>
>         Is it really necessary to set a precise rule ?
>
>     At the moment there is nothing that can be used to distinguish
>     between the two.
>
>     Suggestion have been made on the number of buildings, number of
>     people and the area.
>
>     Please tell us how you distinguish between them.
>
>         I would rather suggest to share some example (like the ones
>         mentioned above) in order to help contributors to decide if it
>         rather an amenity=refugee_site or a social_facility=shelter.
>
>     Examples are fine. But there must be a statement in words of the
>     difference between them.
>
>         Regards,
>         Manon
>
>             Le 16 avril 2020 à 02:16, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>
>             <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com> a écrit :
>             On 16/4/20 1:23 am, Manon Viou wrote:
>
>                 Thanks Martin, yes, refugee sites should always be
>                 temporary even if, as you said, some turn to be very
>                 long term places. That's why we do not suggest to add
>                 temporary/permanent options.
>                 Manon
>
>             In which case the description for amenity=social_facility
>             + social_facility=shelter is not correct.
>
>             If it is to be done on area then specify the number of
>             square meters rather than the number of buildings???
>
>             Buildings can be a of different sizes and capacities. An
>             area could be more consistent as to the number of people.
>
>             Imagery may not be up to date so counting buildings may
>             not be possible.
>
>                     Le 15 avril 2020 à 11:36, Martin Koppenhoefer <
>                     dieterdreist at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>                     sent from a phone
>
>                         On 15. Apr 2020, at 01:13, Warin <
>                         61sundowner at gmail.com
>                         <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>                         I would think amenity=refugee_site is an area
>                         set aside for the non-temporary residential
>                         use of refugees
>
>                     maybe I’m a dreamer, but I would expect all
>                     refugee related features to be “temporary”, even
>                     if we are talking about relatively long periods of
>                     time
>                     Cheers Martin
>
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