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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