Tagging

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List of tags for which there's no clear existing equivalent. For example, many African rural community or informal settlement features.

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Cattle Dip

  • description: it holds water and usually some sort of tick-killing substance (ticks can be a big problem in rural communities - killing livestock); used for microbes clean up
  • current tagging scheme: has no current tagging scheme
  • some potential alternatives

Water Infrastructure

  • water intakes - from where water usually originates; natural or built
  • water tanks - where water is stored (water storage tanks or reservoirs),
  • water points - different important water points (ex.: water distribution points, water supply reservoirs, cattle tanks, livestock water tanks in dry areas, etc.)
  • current tagging scheme: everithing is tagged as man_made - water_works

Community meeting points

  • traditional meeting place of the elders - where community leaders come and discuss community relevant issues, settle disputes, etc.
  • current tagging scheme: village_green
  • some potential alternatives: needs a more refined way of tagging as it represents one of the most significant areas in a community

Public buildings

  • chief's office, office of a community leader (example: in a local market place)
  • current tagging scheme: amenity - public_building

Sacred places

  • areas which have special (mostly spiritual) meaning to a local community and are used for ancestor worship, spirit communication and agricultural sacrifices, etc.
  • current tagging scheme: has no current tagging scheme
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