Dear Nick, Replies inline.
> How to tag evacuation centers? How to add details (i.e. capacity, > engineering details, roof type, etc) Some of us use the tag evacuation_center/evacuation_centre to building/facilities that serve as evacuation areas during crisis. This is a very new tag and so far, I think it is only the Philippines who is using this tag: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=evacuation We can extend this further by adding additional tags, say name=Rizal Elementary School amenity=school evacuation_center=yes evacuation_center=flooding # used only for flooding, etc. > How best to tag Puroks/Sitio boundaries? If you have the data, you can tag it as admin_level=12 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/Mapping_conventions#Administrative_boundaries > How to tag the meeting place of a Purok/Sitio? amenity=townhall? > Is it possible to tag evacuation routes? I'm not sure if OSM is the best place to do this, since this can vary depending on the hazard and the current situation during disasters. In the Institute I work for, we do community DRR mapping. We use OSM road data as a reference for evacuation routes and facilitate the process with the community to identify best routes during emergencies, but, we don't add it to OSM since it is only useful in their own context. > Is it possible for NGOs/LGU to link private household data to OSM polygons, > such as household economic indicators, or tax mapping codes, and maintain > this data in a private database? We don't add personal/household information in OSM. As Robert mentioned, this a good case to use HOT's Separate Data Store. This is a separate database you can host internally but links to the OSM geometry for example buildings. Details here: https://github.com/hotosm/sds-server > How to tag LGU designated command posts? Maybe an extension of the evacuation_center tag? > How to tag relocation sites planned/in progress from NGOs and LGUs? landuse=brownfield if under construction and later landuse=residential > How to handle the fact that NAMRIA Barangay boundaries differ from local > practices? Personally, I prefer locally identified boundaries (community identified or LGU) over NAMRIA. I've witnessed many instances where NAMRIA boundaries does not reflect reality on the ground even with municipal admin_boundaries. > How to tag internet cafes? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/Mapping_conventions#Computer_.26_Electronics_.2F_Telecom_.2F_Mobile_Accessories > How to tag cellphone and radio towers? man_made=tower http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dtower > How to tag rural health units? amenity=clinic clinic=public name= > Those are some of the questions that have come up in the last couple weeks > for us. Hope that answers some of your inquires. -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
