Oct 4, 2022, 11:21 by dieterdre...@gmail.com:
> Am Di., 4. Okt. 2022 um 11:08 Uhr schrieb Davidoskky via Tagging <>
> tagging@openstreetmap.org> >:
>
>> > I wouldn't call this a "drinking fountain," since I understand that term
>> > to mean the water flows upwards
>> > COULD drink from it, if I were to cup my hands and bring them to my
>> lips, even as that is inefficient, if I were really thirsty, I could do it.
>> In my country, and most countries I visited, fountains providing
>> drinking water with the specific purpose of letting people drink have a
>> downward flow.
>>
>>
>
>
> I can confirm this from my experience, I have been mapping thousands of
> drinking fountains in the past 14 years, and only 3 or 4 of those found
> outside had an upward flow. This refers to Italy (lots of drinking fountains)
> and Germany (drinking fountains are quite rare), and also (limited
> experience) to France.
>
> You don't have to drink from your hands, you can bow and drink with your
> mouth if you don't have a glass or bottle.
>
Also, ones in Rome that I have seen mostly had downward flow.
In Poland both variants are popular.
See for example image shown at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking
(added there by Dieterdreist)
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