WikiProject Uganda/Uganda Crowdsourcing Non-Camp Refugee Data

Introduction

The Crowdsourcing Non-Camp Refugee Data is a HOT project on Crowdsourcing Non-Camp Refugee Data Through OpenStreetMap in Uganda, starting in July 2018 and scheduled to run until September 2017 with support from the United States Government - Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration - US Department of State. The project aims to improve program planning and service delivery to refugee communities, develop better integration with host communities, and build refugee self-reliance through open map data. The program trains and equips community leaders in refugee communities to map vulnerabilities and assets in the places they live, filling in key data gaps and “blank spots” on the map. These micro-level maps are created using techniques including crowdsourced data collection on mobile phones. The resulting multilanguage maps and map data are then made openly available online in OpenStreetMap, on mobile phones for navigation, in printed form in refugee social/community centers, and provided to host country governments, PRM, UNHCR, and NGOs.

HOT Uganda: Community mapping in North Uganda
HOT Project: Some powerful map outputs from the Ugandan Refugee response
Report available HERE

Data Model(Draft)

Administrative Boundaries

Uganda Boundaries tagging structure

element_type	key	values	admin_type
way/relation	admin_level	2	country
way/relation	admin_level	3	region
way/relation	admin_level	4	district
way/relation	admin_level	6	county
way/relation	admin_level	8	sub-county
way/relation	admin_level	9	parish
way/relation	admin_level	10	village
way/relation	boundary	administrative	N/A
way/relation	name		N/A
relation	type	boundary	N/A

Refugee settlement boundaries

Main Settlement (relation)

key	values	required?
refugee	yes	yes
admin_level	2	yes
boundary	refugee_camp	yes
name	string	yes
type	boundary	if relation
operator	string	optional
operator:type	ngo, community, government	if operator=*
population	number, estimated population	optional
capacity	number, estimated or planned max population	optional
start_date	data, establishment	optional

Zones (relation)

key	values	required?
refugee	yes	yes
admin_level	3	yes
boundary	refugee_camp	yes
name	string	yes
type	boundary	if relation
	subarea	if child relation

Points/Villages (relation)

key	values	required?
refugee	yes	yes
admin_level	4	yes
boundary	refugee_camp	yes
name	string	yes
type	boundary	if relation
	subarea	if child relation

Blocks/Tanks/Villages (relation)

key	values	required?
refugee	yes	yes
admin_level	5	yes
boundary	refugee_camp	yes
name		yes
type	boundary	if relation
	subarea	if child relation

Health Facilities

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:county	name of county	non-settlement	no	taginfo
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:village	name of village	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	settlement	yes	wiki
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	yes	wiki
name	name​ ​of​ ​the facility	both	yes	wiki
amenity	doctors -> health centre I clinic -> health centre II, III, IV hospital -> hospital	both	yes	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
health_facility:type	health centre I, health centre II, health centre III, health centre IV, General Hospital, Regional Hospital, National Hospital	both	yes	wiki
operator	name of operator	both	yes	wiki
operator:type	public, private, religious, ngo	both	yes	wiki
phone	phone	both	yes	wiki
opening_hours	follow specification	both	yes	wiki
emergency	yes, no ambulance station (does the health centre have an ambulance?)	both	yes	wiki
operational_status	operational, non operational	both	yes	wiki
beds	number of beds	both	yes	wiki
staff_count:doctors	number of doctors	both	no	taginfo
staff_count:nurses	number of nurses	both	no	taginfo
dispensing	yes, no	both	yes	wiki
generator:source	hydro, solar, wind, no	both	yes	wiki
water_supply	bottled_water, paying_water_truckers, external_private_supplier	both	yes	wiki
toilets	yes	both	yes	wiki
toilets:access	public, staff only	both	yes	wiki
source	HOT-Uganda	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Health;v2.7	both	no	see source

Education facilities [nodes]

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:county	name of county	non-settlement	no	taginfo
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:village	name of village	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name of zone	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	yes	wiki
name	name​ ​of​ ​school	both	yes	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
amenity	kindergarten,​ ​school,​ ​college,​ ​university, childcare	both	yes	wiki
isced:level	0 Pre-primary education 1 Primary education 2 Lower secondary 3 Upper secondary education 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education 5 First stage of tertiary education/University/ Vocational Training 6 Second stage of tertiary education	both	proposed	wiki
opening_hours	days/times​ ​of​ ​opening	both	yes	wiki
phone	contact number	both	yes	wiki
operator	name​ ​of​ ​operator​ ​(operating​ ​authority)	both	yes	wiki
operator:type	type of operator	both	yes	wiki
temporary	yes	both	no	taginfo
toilets	yes, no	both	yes	wiki
capacity	number of pupils taught at the school	both	yes	wiki
staff_count:teachers	number of teachers	both	no	taginfo
generator:source	power source (if any) for the school	both	yes	wiki and wiki
water_supply	water supply (if any) for school	both	no	taginfo
drinking_water	yes,no	both	yes	wiki
construction	kindergarten,​ ​school,​ ​college,​ ​university, childcare	both	yes	wiki
fee	yes,no	both	yes	wiki
source	HOT-Uganda	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Education;v2.7	both	no	see source

Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) facilities

Sanitation

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:county	name of county	both	no	taginfo
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:village	name of village	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name of zone	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	yes	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
amenity	toilets, waste_disposal, recycling, waste_basket	both	yes	wiki
waste	type of waste	both	yes	wiki and taginfo
recycling_type	type of recycling	both	yes	wiki
fee	yes,no	both	yes	wiki
female	if only female yes,no	both	yes	wiki
male	if only male yes,no	both	yes	wiki
unisex	if male&female yes,no	both	yes	wiki
lit	yes, no, non-operational	both	yes	wiki
operational_status	operational, closed, needs_maintenance, under_construction	both	proposed	wiki and taginfo
toilets:disposal	flush, pitlatrine, bucket, chemical	both	yes	wiki
toilets:wheelchair	yes, no, limited	both	yes	wiki
toilets:handwashing	yes, no	both	proposed	wiki
toilets:access	public, customers, permissive (private but access is not restricted)	both	yes	wiki
name	name of toilet or waste facility	both	yes	wiki
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
operator	name​ ​of​ ​operator​ ​(operating​ ​authority)	both	yes	wiki
operator:type	ngo, private, government	both	yes	wiki
flood_prone	yes,no	both	yes	wiki
toilets:num_chambers	number of chambers on the toilet facility	both		Tag info
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	WASH;v2.9	both	no	see source

Water points

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:county	name of county	non-settlement	no	taginfo
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:village	name of village	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name of zone	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	yes	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
amenity	drinking_water, water_point	both	yes	wiki
name	name of water point	both	yes	wiki
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
water_source	sources of water	both	no	taginfo
man_made	water_well, water_tap, borehole, protected_spring, water_works, water_tower, reservoir_covered,water_tank, basin, water_catchment	both	yes	wiki
natural	creek, stream, spring, water	both	yes	wiki
operational_status	operational, closed, needs_maintenance, under_construction	both	proposed	wiki and taginfo
operator	name​ ​of​ ​operator​ ​(operating​ ​authority)	both	yes	wiki
operator:type	ngo, private, government,community	both	yes	wiki
pump	powered, manual, no	both	no	taginfo
fee	yes,no	both	yes	wiki
lit	yes, no	both	yes	wiki
water	if natural=water pond, etc.	non-settlement	yes	wiki
flood_prone	yes,no	both	yes	wiki
drought_prone	yes,no	both	no	none
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	WASH;v2.9	both	no	see source

Cash Based Interventions

Mobile Money Agents

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:village	name of village	both	yes	taginfo
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name of zone	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
amenity	mobile_money_agent	both	yes	taginfo
network	Airtel Money, Africell Money, MTN Mobile Money, UTL M-Sente, SMART Mobile Money, Vodacom M-Pesa, Safaricom M-Pesa	both	yes	taginfo
name	Business name; name of the agent location (one can own multiple)	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
opening_hours	Example: “Mo-Su 08:00-22:00”, “24/7”, “Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00; Sa,Su 08:00-15:00”	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	CBI;v2.7	both	no	see source

Financial services

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:village	name of village	both	yes	taginfo
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name of zone	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
amenity	mobile_money_agent	both	yes	taginfo
network	Airtel Money, Africell Money, MTN Mobile Money, UTL M-Sente, SMART Mobile Money, Vodacom M-Pesa, Safaricom M-Pesa	both	yes	taginfo
name	Business name; name of the agent location (one can own multiple)	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
opening_hours	Example: “Mo-Su 08:00-22:00”, “24/7”, “Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00; Sa,Su 08:00-15:00”	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	CBI;v2.7	both	no	see source

Shops

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	Tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:village	name of village	both	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
name	name	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
opening_hours	days/times of opening	both	yes	taginfo
shop	alcohol, art, bakery, beauty, beverages, bicycle, books, butcher, car, car_parts, car_repair,charcoal, chemist, clothes, convenience, copyshop, cosmetics, electronics, food, furniture, greengrocer, hairdresser, houseware, jewelry, kiosk, mobile_phone, pastry, shoes, stationary, supermarket, tailor, yes	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	CBI;v2.7	both	no	see source

Market Centres

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	Tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
start_date	date	both	yes	wiki
amenity	marketplace	both	yes	taginfo
name	name	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
marketplace:type	agricultural, clothes,mixed	both	no
opening_hours	opening hours	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	CBI;v2.7	both	no	see source

Other important facilities

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	Tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
amenity	social_facility, outreach(child friendly space), police	both	yes	taginfo
social_facility	community_centre, reception_centre, transit_centre, distribution	both	yes	taginfo
social_facility:for	community, refugees, child	both	yes	taginfo
name	name	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
operator	operator	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Other;v2.7	both	no	see source

Offices

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	Tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
name	name	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
office	association,company, government, lawyer, ngo, political_party, telecommunication	both	yes	taginfo
operator	company/owner	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Other;v2.7	both	no	see source

Fuel Station

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	Tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:place	name​ ​of​ ​village,zone	both	yes	wiki
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	no	wiki
name	name	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
amenity	fuel	both	yes	taginfo
opening_hours	times of opening	both	yes	taginfo
operator	company running the amenity	both	yes	taginfo
fuel	types of fuel sold; electric, petrol, diesel, kerosene	both	yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Other;v2.7	both	no	see source

Places of Worship

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	comment
addr:district	name of district	both	yes	wiki
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
amenity	place_of_worship	both	yes	taginfo
name	name	both	yes	taginfo
noname	if no name yes	both	yes	wiki
religion	christian, muslim, buddhist, jewish, hindu, sikh	both	yes	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:village	name​ ​of​ ​village	both	yes	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	both	yes	wiki
denomination	"catholic, orthodox, protestant, sunni, shia, sufi	both	yes	taginfo
building	cathedral, mosques, chapel		yes	taginfo
service_times	time of services		yes	taginfo
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Other;v2.7	both	no	see source

Uganda Community Surveys (Villages)

key	values	settlement / non-settlement	standard osm tag?	tag info
addr:district	name​ ​of​ district	both	yes	wiki
addr:county	name of county	both	no	taginfo
addr:subcounty	name of subcounty	both	no	taginfo
addr:parish	name of parish	both	no	taginfo
addr:settlement	name of settlement	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:zone	name of zone	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:point	name of point	settlement	no	taginfo
addr:block	block number in the settlement	settlement	yes	wiki
place	village	both	yes	wiki
name	name of the village	both	yes	wiki
alt_name	if alternative village name	non-settlement	yes	wiki
generator:source	source of power	both	yes	wiki and wiki
health_facility:prefered	name of the health facility	both	no
population	number of people living in the community	both	no
population:refugees	number of refugees in the community	both	no
population:refugees_weekend		both	no
source	HOT-Uganda, add a semi colon if multiple values are available	both	yes	wiki
source:form	Community;v2.7	both	no	see source

Refugee Camp Boundary Tagging Proposal

At this moment, refugee camp/settlement tagging is applied inconsistently, and the use of the same boundaries and admin_levels as are used at the national and subnational level creates issues in a number of situations, including being hard to explain and thus limiting uptake among local government officials and responders. Unclarity on which set of boundaries take precedence, and how these affect accountability in regards to population serve as indicators that this system needs changing to reflect the growing need for consistently representing refugees and displaced persons on a map.

See the full tagging proposal here