Key:settlement:origin

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settlement:origin
Description
Used to describe the origin of a contemporary settlement.
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesuse on ways unspecifiedmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination

start_date=*, operator=*

Status: in use
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The key settlement:origin is used to describe how a settlement originated, i.e. whether it was planned, people settled there spontaneous or if the origin is unspecified.

The was introduced for the refugee camps in Haiti to avoid using the controversial settlement_type for this situation and archaeological sites.

settlement:origin=spontaneous

settlement:origin=planned

settlement:origin=unspecified