Joseph, It's true proposed tagging deprecates the current pump=* definition according to rationale and wishes to use the pump word in a more appropriate way.
However, it would be ok to define mechanical_driver=powered for situations when mappers aren't able to determine a more precise value. That would preserve the current distinction made on HDM render with mechanical_driver=manual/powered and offer possibilities to define a more detailed knowledge. Giving more details about pumping capabilities of water wells would cause upgrading work for renders anyway: they have to support more pump=* values or drop it in favour of mechanical_driver=* I now agree on the ability to state 'this water well has powered pumping capabilities' in case of no additional knowledge but don't get why limiting knowledge to manual/powered would be desirable. All the best François Le sam. 21 nov. 2020 à 06:24, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> a écrit : > On the Talk page, the proposal author has now ignored two different > requests to change the new pump=values to a different key like > pump_mechanism, which would allow the continued use of pump=manual and > pump=powered. > > The author claims: "I find current tagging meaningless (with all due > respect to people who created it in the past)" > > This is absolutely disrespectful to the current mappers using this tag to > specify the type of water well found in lower-income countries. > > Perhaps you have never lived in a place where people get their drinking > and washing water from public or semi-public wells. In these places it is > quite important to know if a well is just a hole in the ground where you > need to use a bucket and rope to draw out water (pump=no), or if there is a > mechanical pump handle which you can physically operate, with some amount > of force, to pump out bursts of water (pump=manual). > > And the other type of well is "a well that is attached to pipes and a > motorized pump", which is usually powered by electricity but sometimes by a > diesel motor. In this type of well you don't have to use any physical > effort at all, you just flip a switch or open a faucet and water comes out > - as most Westerners are accustomed to enjoy in their own homes. > > But you will need electricity or fuel to operate it. So usually a > man_made=water_well + pump=powered is much more convenient, but when the > power goes out or there is no fuel, it can be nearly useless, while a > pump=manual is now much more helpful. > > I am quite frustrated that this proposal has gone forward even though > these concerns were brought up months ago on the Talk page. > > -- Joseph Eisenberg > >
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