How to tag/label a little food pantry? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 months ago by TechnoCat@piefed.social to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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In my neighborhood are little libraries (public bookcases) repurposed as free food pantries. How should these be labeled and tagged? Farm marketplace and food bank don't seem right to me.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Food_security#Food_banks,_food_pantries,_and_soup_kitchens

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[-] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

A food sharing box?

[-] TechnoCat@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

Yes! Thank you.

[-] troglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh, I’ve seen one of those before, and I think it might not have been in OSM. Next time I’m in that neighbourhood, I’ll check if it’s still there, since I know how to label it now! :-)

this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2025

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