<html><head></head><body>If OSM has the water source tagged as potable, but the actual water source has a sign saying the water isn't potable, I wouldn't drink it. If OSM has the water source tagged as non-potable, but the actual water source has a sign saying the water is potable, I would drink it only in an emergency.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On November 13, 2014 9:46:17 AM CST, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><div class="gmail_quote">2014-11-13 1:51 GMT+01:00 Tod Fitch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tod@fitchdesign.com" target="_blank">tod@fitchdesign.com</a>></span>:<br /><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">A reason for the non-potable would be nice too. I can filter and disinfect water with a field kit but I can't remove toxic minerals and this is important to know when traveling in the area.</blockquote><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div>while this is true, I'm not sure if I would rely in this case on information from OSM ;-) <br /></div><div>My suggestion is to not formalize this but use a generic tag like "description" (which is intended for end users, while "note" is less suitable as it is intended for fellow mappers).<br /><br /></div><div>cheers,<br />Martin<br /></div></div><br /><br /></div></div>
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