I have reworked the page as per your instructions, please let me know if it still needs more clarification.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landuse%3Dopen_defecation Cheers Bob > On 13 Sep 2019, at 03:13, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for working on this, Bob, > > Check out the page "Proposal_process" and in particular > Proposal_process#Creating_a_proposal_page to help improve the > formatting and make sure you've included important information. > > Please clarify exactly what should be mapped with this new tag. Is > going to be added to whole villages, as suggested in the section about > "open_defecation=yes? > > "It would have its own sign and could be used as a node or area. > Although it may be added to small villages to indicate if it is their > primary source of human waste disposal." > > This would not be a good idea, since it's not possible for mappers to > confirm that every house or a majority of houses in a village lack > latrines or toilet. But the rest of the page suggests that this tag is > supposed to be applied to areas where there are visible signs, in > other words, there's human feces exposed on the ground? > > There are a couple of problems with the proposed subtags. It's not > best practice to use abbreviations or uppercase letters in tags, so > instead of "ODA_" it should be "open_defecation_" or > "open_defecation:", if need. > > "ODA_Radius_.." "ODA_area_size..." - The first two subtags are not > needed - the area can be mapped instead, and this provides the shape > and size just from the position of the nodes in the database. > > "ODA_survey_date=" - there is already a tag for this, survey:date=* or > source:date=* , but it is recommended to add such information to the > changeset rather than to individual OSM objects. > > "ODA_responsibility=" is unclear. What would this mean, and how would > a local mapper in confirm this information? > > "ODA_proposed_solution=" - Unfortunately, this is not appropriate for > Openstreetmap. We map real, current features, not opinions, reviews or > suggestions, because such information is too subjective for individual > mappers to maintain. > > "ODA_abandoned=yes/no" - generally features in Openstreetmap should be > current, so if an area that was used for open defecation in the past > has now been abandoned, and there are no signs "on the ground", then > it should be removed from the database. Some mappers use a prefix > "abandoned:" like "abandoned:landuse=open_defecation". > > However, if the area is "disused" - not currently in use, but there > are still signs that it was recently used, and perhaps it's still a > health hazard because of the presence of decomposing human waste, this > could be tagged with "disused=yes". > > ODA_survey_hazardous materials_data_weblink= - I'm not sure what is > intended by this tag. Perhaps the existing tag url=* would be > sufficient? > > (I've also left these comments on the Talk page of the proposal, so we > can continue discussion there) > > -Joseph Eisenberg > >> On 9/12/19, Bob Kerr via Tagging <tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: >> I have created a proposal page for landuse=open defecation. >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landuse%3Dopen_defecation >> >> Please review it, my wiki page editing skills have suffered from lack of use >> so it could do with a little tidy if anyone wants to. >> >> Please discuss your thoughts here. The most controversial area is I am using >> the landuse tag rather than open_defication = yes. Please let me know which >> you would prefer. >> >> All the best >> >> Bob
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