Key:operator:type

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Description
Defines the type of operator, eg. "public", "private", "government". Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
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Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto
More details at taginfo
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This tag is used to give more information about the type of operator=* for a feature.

Recommended use

Tag Description Count
operator:type=private A privately owned operator, as opposed to a public operator.
operator:type=public A public operator, thus operated by a public organisation linked to the government but which has its own director and management structure, for example a public (state) school or a public (county or town) library
operator:type=government A governmental organisation is the operator, thus operated directly by a local, regional or country government, for example a city tax office, the city municipality, ...
operator:type=community A community-based organisation (CBOs) or informal community-run collectives.
operator:type=consortium An association of two or more individuals, companies, organisations or governments.
operator:type=cooperative An autonomous jointly owned, democratically run organisation to cater to the needs and issues of its members, usually operating not for profit or by passing on the profits to its members directly.
operator:type=military A military organisation.
operator:type=ngo A non-governmental organisation.
operator:type=religious A religious organisation.
operator:type=charitable Operated by a charity organisation.

Note that in practice difference between operator:type=government and operator:type=public may be unclear, in different places and in use by different mappers exact criteria may be not exactly the same. One should not expect mappers to use exactly the same definition as described above. As usual one should not expect that tricky distinctions will be well applied, especially as difference between this two values is minor and confusingly defined.

Note that it is likely that different groups of people were using different tags for the same things and later someone tried to invent supposed distinction between tags. Here are some additional values in use:

Tag Count
operator:type=council
operator:type=business
operator:type=university
operator:type=school
operator:type=association
operator:type=private_non_profit

Possible tagging mistake

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

  • owner=* for the name of the entity that owns the feature
  • ownership=* for the type of owner, eg. "public", "private",…
  • builder=* for the name of the entity that build the feature
  • operator=* the name of the entity that operates the feature
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