[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Special Economic Zones

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

SEZs are certainly not de facto.  By definition, they are defined by laws
that apply only to a certain area.  Therefore, they are both defined by a
government, and have defined geographic limits.

As to whether an SEZ is defined by a national government, or a sub-national
government, that question is irrelevant.  The definition works just fine
regardless of which government entity passes the law creating the SEZ.  The
point is to provide a standard, non-cryptic, foundational tag for such
areas.  Perhaps future proposals might further propose tagging for which
level of government has declared the SEZ, or the type of SEZ, or any other
aspect of an SEZ that might be appropriate for OSM tagging.  This proposed
tagging leaves open the possibility for future extensions.

And finally, to the question of "who decides if it is an SEZ", that is a
task correctly left to local mapping communities.  By community editing,
Wikipedia has managed to muster a considerable list of these zones in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_special_economic_zones, and we should
equally trust that local communities are capable of deciding what tagging
may or may not be appropriate in different countries.

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 6:59 AM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Am So., 25. Okt. 2020 um 05:34 Uhr schrieb Brian M. Sperlongano <
> zelonewolf at gmail.com>:
>
>> A special economic zone (SEZ) is an area in which the business and trade
>> laws are different from the rest of the country.  Only a small number of
>> these areas are mapped so far, however, estimates put the total number of
>> SEZ worldwide at between 2,700 and 10,000.  The proposed tagging for these
>> areas is boundary=special_economic_zone, which has minor existing usage.
>>
>
>
> who is it who defines this status, is it defacto or does the national
> government have to define these? What if the business and trade laws are
> not defined on a national level? Which "business and trade laws" are meant
> (does any exception to a "business or trade" law in a are lead to the
> (implicit) constitution of such a zone? Which laws are relevant?). What if
> the national government does not control the area?
>
> I agree that for those cases, where the zone is explicitly defined by a
> national government, this would be easy to determine, but all other cases
> which might fall under the definition, are harder to decide.
>
> Cheers
> Martin
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