[Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
The general tag for a source of drinkable water is amenity=drinking_water. But in some cases you will want to subtag an existing OSM-object (like an amenity=fountain) with the info that the water is drinkable. Apparently our free tagging schema has led to 2 alternative keys for this: drinkable=ye

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread aighes
Am 12.07.2012 14:21, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: The general tag for a source of drinkable water is amenity=drinking_water. But in some cases you will want to subtag an existing OSM-object (like an amenity=fountain) with the info that the water is drinkable. Apparently our free tagging schema h

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:21:34 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > The general tag for a source of drinkable water is > amenity=drinking_water. But in some cases you will want to subtag an > existing OSM-object (like an amenity=fountain) with the info that the > water is drinkable. > > Apparently our free t

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Volker Schmidt
> > Can we introduce "potable=yes/no" and migrate both of those tags to it over > time? > > Best wishes, > > Andrew > +1 Volker ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread aighes
Am 12.07.2012 14:53, schrieb Andrew Errington: On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:21:34 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: The general tag for a source of drinkable water is amenity=drinking_water. But in some cases you will want to subtag an existing OSM-object (like an amenity=fountain) with the info that the wat

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2012-07-12 at 15:07:28 +0200, aighes wrote: > Am 12.07.2012 14:53, schrieb Andrew Errington: > >Can we introduce "potable=yes/no" and migrate both of those tags to it over > >time? > In Germany there are some laws, about what "Trinkwasser" is. So > there are different levels of saying this water

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/7/12 Andrew Errington > Can we introduce "potable=yes/no" and migrate both of those tags to it over > time? > I don't know if this is for consideration, but the word "potable" is not very known outside english speaking countries (and maybe french, because it comes from a french word). Why n

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Jaakko Helleranta.com
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > I don't know if this is for consideration, but the word "potable" is not > very known outside english speaking countries (and maybe french, because it > comes from a french word). > +1 > Why not drinkable=official/yes/no? > Why not use d

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com < jaa...@helleranta.com> wrote: > > Why not use drinking_water=official/yes/no (and perhaps /seasonal, which > is true for some natural surface sources), which would use the already > widely known and most_used(?) drinking water text string --

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Janko Mihelić wrote: > I don't know if this is for consideration, but the word "potable" is > not very known outside english speaking countries Or even inside them! I've never heard anyone use it in everyday speech. If I did I'd think they were referring to a snooker ball... cheers Richard --

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/7/12 Andrew Errington : > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:21:34 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Can we introduce "potable=yes/no" and migrate both of those tags to it over > time? this issue was already discussed 5 years ago ;-) Honestly, there were discussions in 2008, as amenity=potable_water was the

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Volker Schmidt
The only reason why I am in favour of potable is that drinkable is not quite the correct term in English as far am aware. "drinkable" means, at least in common language "you can drink it, if you really need". The correct terms are *"Drinking water* or *potable water* is water

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Volker Schmidt
There is no problem with amenity=drinking_water. The problem arises if you want to indicate the water quality of, say, a fountain: amenity=fountain drinking/potable/drinkable=yes/no On 12 July 2012 17:41, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2012/7/12 Andrew Errington : > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:21:34

[Tagging] Brickworks

2012-07-12 Thread Volker Schmidt
I would like to tag a brickworks. Maybe it's the heat (30 centigrades indoors), but I cannot find a specific tagging for a brickworks (large site, heaps of finished bricks, well visible chimney). Volker Padova, Italy ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@open

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Philip Barnes
On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 07:20 -0700, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Janko Mihelić wrote: > > I don't know if this is for consideration, but the word "potable" is > > not very known outside english speaking countries > > Or even inside them! I've never heard anyone use it in everyday speech. If I > did

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Philip Barnes
On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 17:41 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2012/7/12 Andrew Errington : > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:21:34 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > Can we introduce "potable=yes/no" and migrate both of those tags to it over > > time? > > > this issue was already discussed 5 years ago ;-)

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread John F. Eldredge
Philip Barnes wrote: > On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 07:20 -0700, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > Janko Mihelić wrote: > > > I don't know if this is for consideration, but the word "potable" > is > > > not very known outside english speaking countries > > > > Or even inside them! I've never heard anyone u

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > 2012/7/12 Andrew Errington >> >> Can we introduce "potable=yes/no" and migrate both of those tags to it >> over >> time? > > > I don't know if this is for consideration, but the word "potable" is not > very known outside english speaking co

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 13.07.2012 02:12, Andrew Errington wrote: > I expect that "trunk road", "roundabout", "shelter" and > "archaeological site" are not well known in all languages, however, > the language of OSM is English and "potable" has a very clear meaning. Wikipedia seems to think that "potable water" and "d

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Andrew Errington wrote: > The language of OSM should be precise. If it's not then people start > inventing tags that have similar, but imprecise meanings, which is > exactly what has happened here. There's nothing more "precise" about 'potable' vs 'drinkable'.

Re: [Tagging] Brickworks

2012-07-12 Thread Jaakko Helleranta.com
Man_made=works + works=bricks ? -Jaakko --Original Message-- From: Volker Schmidt To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools ReplyTo: Tag discussion,strategy and related tools Subject: [Tagging] Brickworks Sent: Jul 12, 2012 11:59 I would like to tag a brickworks. Maybe it's

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-12 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Tobias Knerr wrote: > On 13.07.2012 02:12, Andrew Errington wrote: >> I expect that "trunk road", "roundabout", "shelter" and >> "archaeological site" are not well known in all languages, however, >> the language of OSM is English and "potable" has a very clear me