Key:ownership

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
• county
• municipal

• government (owned by the national or city-state government through its agencies, companies, and institutions)
• community
  • public_nonprofit
• private
  • private_nonprofit
• individual

• conservation_organization
• inholding
• land_trust

Examples

• 
  highway=footway
ownership=private
• 
  ownership=private

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=*

More details at taginfo

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

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