On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 at 09:44, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are now over 500 hot springs mapped with natural=hot_spring. The tag > was proposed way back in 2008 but the proposal was never approved. Wiki: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dhot_spring > Original proposal: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Hot_Spring > Yep, sounds like a good idea > > Some people have suggested tagging hot springs with natural=spring and a > spring=hot subtag, but hot springs have a quite different geological origin > and cultural significance. The wiki page for natural=spring has a link to > hot spring: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dspring > Agree that hot spring & spring=hot are different > > Geysers are also tagged natural=geyser. They could be considered a type of > spring, but they are also similar to a fumarole or volcanic vent, and I > would be quite surprised to see a geyser mapped as a “spring” > Wiki: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dgeyser > Notice that they also suggested using hot spring for mud. I would think that bubbling mud puddles would be a different thing again? > > Thoughts on these tags? If natural=hot_springbkeeps climbing in use, we > could start rendering it on the Openstreetmap-Carto style (“standard > layer”) soon, if there is agreement on the tagging. > Thanks Graeme
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