Key:ownership

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ownership
Description
Indicates what type of organization owns land, facility, etc. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Documented values: 2
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

This indicates what type of organization owns land, facility, etc.

Ownership key can be one of:

  • national (nation state)
  • state (as in USA) or province (e.g. län in Sweden) or territory (not to be confused with government which also use the word state (state-owned) as a metonym for government-owned and the sovereign government and its agencies, companies, and institutions themselves)
  • county
  • municipal
  • public (owned by government or non-government public organizations)
  • government (government or state-owned (or the Crown in Commonwealth countries such as the UK) or in public domain; same as public, but the focus is totally on the ownership of the sovereign national or city-state government and its agencies, companies, and institutions)
  • community
    • public_nonprofit
  • private (privately-owned; owned by private companies)
    • private_nonprofit
  • individual
  • conservation_organization
  • land_trust

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Examples

See also

  • access=* for a legal restriction on who may access the feature
  • owner=* for the name of the entity that owns the feature
  • builder=* for the name of the entity that build the feature
  • operator=* the name of the entity that operates the feature
  • operator:type=* for the type of operator, eg. "public", "private", …

Possible tagging mistakes

  • owner:type=*🔎 ‒ Low usage alternative tagging.
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