Hi Warin, amenity=fountain is the tag for the object itself and is a descriptive tag of the object itself independent of whether the water is potable or not. It should be used for fountains of historic, artistic or cultural importance.
drinking_water = yes describes the drinkable quality of the water. Best regards, Stuart On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 08:32 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/2/20 5:49 pm, European Water Project wrote: > > amenity = fountain > drinking_water=yes > > Is the best way to tag this. > > > The summary for amenity=fountain says: > > "A fountain for cultural / decorational / recreational purposes. > > This might range from the usual fountain that you'll find in lots of city > centers, up to large fountains like the Trevi Fountain in Rome that can act > as a landmark and is also a tourism > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism>=attraction > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dattraction>. > > The water of those fountains is often not suitable for drinking. " > > > I don't think amenity=fountain is suitable at all for drinking fountains. > > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 00:35 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 3/2/20 8:29 am, António Madeira wrote: >> > Hi there. >> > >> > In Portugal and most Mediterranean countries, there are literally >> > thousands of fountains that are not decorative like those examples at >> > the bottom of the wiki page: >> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfountain >> > >> > I'm talking about fountains that exist in every small village or even at >> > the side of the road, like these: >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loriga_-_Fontan%C3%A1rio.JPG >> > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_das_Lampas_Fontan%C3%A1rio.jpg >> > >> > >> > What's the best way of tagging these fountains? They're not decorative, >> > they're utilitarian architectonic structures made to deliver drinking >> > water. >> > amenity=fountain doesn't seem to fit here, neither >> > amenity=drinking_water. >> >> >> amenity=drinking_water is used for; >> >> streams that people drink from >> >> wells that people drink from >> >> taps that people drink from >> >> blubbers that people drink from >> >> fountains that people drink from >> >> >> As such it is very non descriptive! More of a property key like >> drinking_water=yes. >> >> >> Some alternatives? >> >> man_made=drinking _fountain. Not popular for some, warning I made it. >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain >> >> >> See also >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap >> >> >> >> > I know that we can use fountain=* in both tags, but which one? >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Tagging mailing list >> > Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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