On 5/10/22 08:25, Minh Nguyen wrote:
Vào lúc 11:54 2022-10-04, Jass Kurn đã viết:
I've just noticed there is a bubbler tag being promoted? Which
appears to be an American English term for a British English drinking
fountain. Why promote another term, and use an American English term.
What was wrong with calling a drinking fountain a drinking fountain?
To clarify, "bubbler" is a distinctively regional term in Boston,
Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Elsewhere, it's either "drinking
fountain" or "water fountain". [1]
No. 'Bubbler' is also used in Australia. And possibly elsewhere is the
world.
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In England it looks like a "Drinker Water Fountain" spurts water
upwards. There are some with elevated outlets described as water bottle
filler, but are at a height that is convenient to drink from with flow
rates to suit direct human consumption.
Things that direct water downwards? And have flow rates greater than
convenient for human consumption? To me, these are 'taps'.
The problem?
1) identify feature that provided drinkable water - fairly basic. At the
moment the common amenity=drinking_water does this .. or the secondary
tag of drinking_water=yes.
2) identify the physical properties and easy usability of the feature for;
2a) humans to directly drink from. Consider a small child, the elderly.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Drinking_Fountain_-_The_Noun_Project.svg/278px-Drinking_Fountain_-_The_Noun_Project.svg.png
2b) refilling glasses/cup/mugs/bottle from. In most instances there
would be some form of tap?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/France_road_sign_ID29.svg/337px-France_road_sign_ID29.svg.png
2c) refiling large vessels from e.g. caravans, boats? A little google
searching for caravans leads me to believe that they use 'normal' taps,
probably because they are 'everywhere' and more likely to be 'free'.
This leaves out wells, streams.. and other things?
Possibly there is a need to avoid the words presently in use - tap,
bubbler, fountain, drinking_fountain?
So? A sub tag for amenity=drinking_water?
water_direction=upwards/downwards ? Humm should consider stationary
sources, and streams and pools - a bowel etc? Humm any ideas
It would be nice to indicate the flow rate too .. but that will cause
too many arguments .. so lets just work on the above?
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