User:ZeLonewolf/proposals/Key:park:ownership

park:ownership
Description
Park ownership describes the type of entity that owns the park.
Used on these elements
Useful combination
leisure=park leisure=nature_reserve boundary=national_park boundary=protected_area
Status: proposed
park:ownership=* More details at taginfo
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For publicly accessible lands, OSM needs to indicate what type of organization owns a parcel of public land. This tag is proposed to be used in conjuction with leisure=park, leisure=nature_reserve, boundary=national_park, and boundary=protected_area . Values in the table below list possible categories of land ownership.

Key	Value	Element	Description	Example
park:ownership	public		A park owned by a government entity, such as a country, state or province, or municipality. This tag can be paired with the appropriate park:public_level=* to indicate which specific government (local, state, national, etc) is the owner.	A state park in Pennsylvania, USA
park:ownership	private		A park owned by a private entity, such as a company or homeowner's association. For this type of park, the owner is voluntarily allowing the land to be used as a park, but can revoke that usage at anytime: essentially, access=permissive or access=private. The private owner may or may not be limiting access, operating the park for a profit, or charging a fee.	Grammarcy Park, a private park in New York City
park:ownership	conservation_organization		A park owned by a (usually nonprofit) organization dedicated to land conservation. Common examples in the United States include the Audobon Society and The Nature Conservancy.	A public trail managed by The Nature Conservancy, a conservation organization
park:ownership	easement		An easement is a legal agreement from a landowner that legally limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation values. This is different from private ownership as described above in that the landowner is legally bound to maintain the land's conservation status.	A conservation easement
park:ownership	land_trust		A land trust is a special category of nonprofit corporation that develops and stewards community assets, typically on behalf of a community. These private corporations are typically organized as a non-profit and focus on a specific locality. A land trust is often a quasi-governmental organization in that, it may be formed by, have a special relationship with, or have their members appointed by a government entity.	Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

Additionally mappers can use:

• owner=* to store which entity (company, government, organization...) owns the object
• operator=* for the entity (company, government, organization...) which operates the object.

Related concepts:

• Park ownership is separate from whether or not the park charges a fee for entry. If a fee is charged, the appropriate fee=* tagging should be used. Some areas are free to walk into while driving in incurs a fee.
• While public parks are generally open to the public, other types of parks may not be. Where appropriate, access=* can be used to tag park access restrictions. One flavor of access involves a city park (for example) that allows access only to residents of that city (e.g. Foothills Nature Preserve (city park) Foothills Nature Preserve (city park) in Palo Alto, California, USA).
• park:public_level=*, a proposal to add to publicly-owned parks an indication of the level of government that owns the park. Its value, an integer (2 through 11), uses "local" values of admin_level=*. A park tagged with park:public_level=2 indicates a national park, while in a country that tags cities with admin_level=8, a park tagged park:public_level=8 indicates the park is a city (8) park.