In my case, I would prefer a desert_oasis to a dessert_oasis. A desert, with
one S, is an area that gets little rainfall. A dessert, with a double S, is a
sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal.
On topic, items or services that are both scarce and essential to life should
be checked periodically to see if they are still available. A water fountain
in a city park doesn't need to be checked as often as a desert oasis.
Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org>
> wrote:
>
> > A telephone that is already tagged as functional would not normally
> be
> > re-tagged as functional just to say "yes, it still is". This means
> that the
> > "operational_status:date" tag is superfluous, since it will always
> be the
> > date of the changeset when the operational_status was last modified.
> >
>
> The changeset date should definitely supply the *default* observation
> date,
> agreed.
>
> But which would you trust more:
>
> amenity=dessert _oasis
> operational_status=working
> operational_status:date=1996-01-01
> Or
> amenity=dessert _oasis
> operational_status=working
> operational_status:date=2013-01-01
>
> The observed status at any point may change from "working" to
> "working".
> You don't want to force people to change status to "broken" and back,
> just
> to make an observation look more fresh.
>
> A very typical HOT team activity is to visit all of a certain feature
> type
> and verify if it they work (think wells, fire hydrants, sewers, gates,
> health clinics, sanitation facilities, etc).
>
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