A fountain should be first and foremost a place where there's water served to the public. The concept of "sculptural and/or decorational" should be just a component of the fountain, depending on the country/culture. As its historical/heritage value. In Portugal, where there are thousands of fountains, this is the norm. Decorational fountains without the use of drinking water are just a subtype of fountain, because the main use/purpose of the vast majority is to serve water. So, if we see fountains in this prism, I believe they are clearly a necessity. In cities they lost some of their importance, but in villages and rural areas (80% of the territory) they're still one of the main features, without which many of them wouldn't have a consistent source of potable water.
Às 07:05 de 06/02/2020, Martin Koppenhoefer escreveu:
Am Do., 6. Feb. 2020 um 10:55 Uhr schrieb Cascafico Giovanni <cascaf...@gmail.com <mailto:cascaf...@gmail.com>>: Since fountain is intended as "sculptural and/or decorational", IMHO amenity=fountain is not consistent. AFAIK object belonging to "amenity" are in someway necessities. So one day, I hope to see fountain value removed from amenity tag. I would like to reject the idea that something that is decorational and cultural is not a "necessity" (along these lines, where do you see place of worship?). Fountains, seem to fit reasonably well into the amenity concept. Much more than prisons, grave_yards, hunting stands, grit bins, private toilets (sic), and many more things to be found in amenity with some usage: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity#values Cheers Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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