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17586061 about 2 years ago

If amenity=refugee_site is nowadays use then that's better. ... But thinking about it I would hesitate to classify areas that were refugee camps 12 years ago as still being refugee camps. Even in Haiti these would more likely nowadays be informal settlements or something along those lines.

More broadly, as commented on the other note:

These where camps related to providing temporary(?) housing for those people who lost their homes in the 2010 earthquake. Given Haiti's situation one would need to resurvey the area (or use newer imagery) to verify if those camps still exist or not.
I'm not surprised if/that the tag would/is not documented. Needs to be remembered that this was a time when humanitarian mapping was very much in early days of the making.
As background: I lived in Haiti 2010-2013 and was closely involved with HOT mapping in Haiti that time so I have a pretty good understanding of how things where them -- but not anymore as I haven't been active with HOT/OSM in about 7 years or so.

=> I would try to check with someone who has local knowledge about what would make sense nowadays. Recent imagery might likely help as a tool.

15376181 about 2 years ago

This is a tag related to the HOT's efforts to facilitating the creation of OSM communities in Haiti.

See e.g.
osm.wiki/w/index.php?search=cosmha
.. and the below from there:
osm.wiki/Haiti/Saint-Marc
osm.wiki/Ht:Haiti/Saint-Marc/STM020
osm.wiki/Haiti/FR:Saint-Marc
osm.wiki/Key:cosmha
https://www.hotosm.org/people/brian-wolford/
https://www.lenouvelliste.com/article/128076/the-young-people-who-mapped-the-town-of-st-marc

As background: I lived in Haiti 2010-2013, was closely involved with HOT mapping in Haiti that time, and was on the HOT board around 2013-2015 so I have a pretty good understanding of how things where them -- not super organized! :)
Also noteworthy that I am pretty much clueless nowadays about OSM (or HOT) related mapping as I haven't been active in the past 7 years or so. (Small kids, etc).

9415267 about 2 years ago

These where camps related to providing temporary(?) housing for those people who lost their homes in the 2010 earthquake. Given Haiti's situation one would need to resurvey the area (or use newer imagery) to verify if those camps still exist or not.

I'm not surprised if/that the tag would/is not documented. Needs to be remembered that this was a time when humanitarian mapping was very much in early days of the making.

As background: I lived in Haiti 2010-2013 and was closely involved with HOT mapping in Haiti that time so I have a pretty good understanding of how things where them -- but not anymore as I haven't been active with HOT/OSM in about 7 years or so.

37176813 over 8 years ago

Yea. I think that at least dog_TOILET and POTTY_area are just utterly wrong.
These are certainly not dog/pet "parks". I'm somehow pretty sure that this is more or less the only type of a place in the world that is designated simply for pets to pee/poo. So, there's obviously no widely spread single word for it.
But "toilet" it certainly isn't!

38958613 about 9 years ago

Hi Gary,
Great to see so much of your mapping in Nicaragua!
A comment regarding your change of the small bridge at the South end of Calle la Sirena: osm.org/way/407761466/history and with that about use of or more so changes to existing tags more broadly.
Please note that the tag highway=pedestrian is used for "roads used mainly/exclusively for pedestrians in shopping and some residential areas which may allow access by motorised vehicles" (as osm.wiki/Map_Features#Special_road_types notes). This implies that the road could/can technically be used for cars and other vehicles.
This is not the case for the narrow bridge in question nor for the path South of that bridge.
My more generalized comment about changing tags is that it's of course always good when the current tag is not correct or when another tag would be better (which are two slightly different things). But it's also a good rule of thumb to not change things that one doesn't know well. In such cases it's better to ask: either the person that had mapped the object(s) before or then at some OSM forum/channel (such as tagging@opensptreetmap.org or #osm IRC or something alike. A local or regional email list is always also a good place for any issues in the area.).
The above noted, it's been really great to see you map so much in such a short time. It's always especially great to see people put such a lot of work on mapping details of objects, all the things requiring ground survey.
If you're still in the country it'd be great to meet in person. I'll send a separate note to you about the possibility of that.
Happy mapping!

37965549 about 9 years ago

I surely try to remember that. Thanks for reminding. As you can see this was added with OsmAnd while on the go and it doesn't have a preset for internet connections. Wifi was what I remembered.

Happy mapping!
-Jaakko

26813194 over 9 years ago

Ah, ok for the all way stop. That makes sense -- even though I can see how it also causes a good(?) chunk of possible if not likely mistakes by less advanced mappers...

Yea, the backlog of notes is painfully easy to accumulate. .. And of course it's more of a filtering problem than anything else anyways. I had almost a year not not resolving much any myself and only just a few weeks back took it on the table to get above the waterline again. Oh the disruptions that a baby causes in your life and mapping activities! ;)

26813194 over 9 years ago

Oh, forgot to mention. You have an open note about the stop next to the intersection. Pls close that if it's no longer valid.

26813194 over 9 years ago

Hi,
Does this stop (osm.org/node/177164158) in this changeset marked on the note of the intersection imply that it's an "4=all way" stop?I haven't bumped into such way of tagging before -- but it could make sense..
Cheers, -J

31902082 over 9 years ago

ok, so I just added it to the area in question here.. (Not yet to DCA).

31902082 over 9 years ago

Hi Bryce, Just wanted to ping you that I too have thought about the tagging of pet relief areas at times (since having had a dog from 5 years ago). Thus far the only thing I've done is created one OSM Note to the DCA airport w/ a Q of how to tag these!
I think in the discussion on tagging list (That I found digging into archives) the best option suggest (by you I think) would be amenity=pet_relief_area . What do you think now with a little while from the discssion?

37154961 over 9 years ago

No problem. The notes are just such a wonderful tool, allowing new ways of collaborating/ working together. So, thank You for the notes! :)

36999561 over 9 years ago

Information regarding EEZ is in OSM wiki as noted at osm.org/changeset/36996901

36996901 over 9 years ago

And if anyone is wondering about EEZ it stands for Exclusive Economic Zone and some more info on it can be found e.g. in OSM wiki at osm.wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dmaritime#Exclusive_economic_zone_.28EEZ.29_.28200.C2.A0nm_zone.29

36689030 over 9 years ago

Thanks for the comment, GerdP. That was clearly a typo in the midst of a remove-a-bunch-map-notes-athon... I'm in favor of using the was:* prefix, which I like both because it a general description for "something was here (and it's still visible in most common imagery/-ies -- so don't add it back)" and also for the convenient reason that it sorts at the bottom of tags, as they are usually sorted in alphabetical order.
BTW. I had not even run into highway=dismantled before, which I see is used at least in the context of removed railways (osm.wiki/Demolished_Railway). Checking the current(?) guidelines on tagging in this kind of situation I also found the Wiki's Lifecycle prefix page osm.wiki/Lifecycle_prefix , which lists some other ways to mark removed features. Looking at that the was:* prefix seems to be -- or at least have been last spring -- the most popular of the options (when the feature is not historic).
Thanks again for the note and happy mapping!

28060112 over 10 years ago

Hi Eckhart. Thanks for resolving a bunch of my Map Notes in the area!

28050225 over 10 years ago

Big thanks, Peter, for fixing my map notes in the area!

27146368 over 10 years ago

Thanks for fixing some of my notes in the area. Re: Lululemon (osm.org/note/278661) Yes, it's now in the space that Cosi used to be in. So (now at the computer) I deleted the node and put new information on the building outline (osm.org/way/205023948/history).

26981467 over 10 years ago

Hola javi332,
Thanks for adding the information to the map with full name. I search for their website and will add details. But the reason I'm commenting here to you (other than to test this changeset discusison feature!) is to remind you that it's very important to add some sort of category tag for objects when possible. E.g. CNMC is a regulatory agency. I don't know what would be the ideal tag for it but at least it's an office. .. The Wikipedia page note that it's "separate from the government", which is often the case in the sense that the government currently in charge are not running often (at least supposed to!) run regulatory agencies. I think I've added some office=regulatory_agency before and will likely add this tag to CNMC for now. .. The thing is: If an object that is clearly a Point-of-Interest doesn't have some "POI classification tag" (amenity=, shop=, leisure=, office=, craft=, tourism=, etc.) then it's very difficult for various services to show it correctly (on the map, in search results, etc). .. So, some "POI tag" / a classifying tag is really good to try to always add. And e.g. if you don't know what type of office, shop, amenity, tourism facility the object is then you can guess or use a general value (e.g. shop=yes, office=yes, tourism=yes, are quite broadly use -- and also supported by many OSM data consuming services).
Anyways, this was too long for a small note but I wanted to mention this.
Again, thanks for adding the information -- and happy mapping!