On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 7:41 AM António Madeira via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> > Regarding schools, I don't know what you mean, because here, schools dont > have fountains, just taps and those of the bubbler type (maybe old century > schools have fountains in their yards or something similar). > Re “those of the bubbler type” - we call these “drinking fountains”, and most amenity=drinking_water in the USA or Britain will be of these type. We would not tag these as amenity=fountain, because a “fountain” is a decorative water feature where water shoots up into the air. While the word “fountain” is related to “fuente” and similar words derived from Latin, it does NOT mean “water source” or “spring” because we have a different word for springs and wells. In English a fountain has a decorative key of water, so they are not designed to provide water for drinking or household use. In fact, before this discussion, I was not aware that there were still Roman-style drinking fountains in operation in Southern Europe. They are not present in Southeast Asia, Latin America or North America. Since Portugal and other Mediterranean countries are using amenity=fountain for such features, it is fine to document this secondary meaning, even though it is not expected by English speakers from Britain or North America. -Joseph Eisenberg
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