Tag:place=plot

Definition

Use the tag place=plot to identify a named plot is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner.

place=plot is a subdivision at a level lower than place=neighbourhood or place=city_block.

place=plot is presently the lowest level of urban division in the place=* hierarchy.

According to Wikipedia's  land lot, a plot is also known as a lot.

As any other OpenStreetMap object, a plot's boundaries are recorded by visual observation on the ground - so they do not necessarily match cadastral records, although Openstreetmap's plot does have some degree of kinship with its more administrative cousin, the cadastral plot.

Usage

place=plot is preferably used to tag an area.

Use name=* to record the plot's common name.

A plot's boundary is often materialized by a barrier=* such as barrier=wall or barrier=fence

Examples in Openstreetmap

• Plot in a Jordanian refugee camp, according to the scheme defined by UNCHR
• "Mama Muga's Plot" in Kibera, example illustrative of plots in urban Africa

Examples in the wild

West Africa

These images from Senegal show how each block is subdivided into land plots - each with a courtyard and several buildings that usually all belong to an extended family, often surrounded by a barrier=wall :

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  Example 1

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  Example 2

Possible synonyms

building=plot

		$1%
		$1%
		$1%
		$1%

More details at taginfo

• building=plot ‒ Found in geographically and source-wise limited use in the Middle East including Afghanistan.

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See also

• Land_lot on Wikipedia.
• place=neighbourhood
• place=city_block
• place=town
• place=city