<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">sent from a phone</div><div><br>On 20. Dec 2017, at 20:14, Selfish Seahorse <<a href="mailto:selfishseahorse@gmail.com">selfishseahorse@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>It seems that there is some disagreement whether `amenity=fountain` is</span><br><span>the appropriate tag for some type of fountains where the water isn't</span><br><span>jet into the air but runs out of a pipe (example[^1], tagged</span><br><span>`amenity=fountain` like all such fountains in Bern).</span></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>IMHO the tag is appropriate.</div><div><br></div><div>Admittedly, I don’t see in the German version a restriction to mapping water jets.</div><div>Historically it was “Brunnen” until 2015, when it was replaced with “Springbrunnen oder Wasserspiel”</div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=DE%3ATag%3Aamenity%3Dfountain&type=revision&diff=1185148&oldid=1131553">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=DE%3ATag%3Aamenity%3Dfountain&type=revision&diff=1185148&oldid=1131553</a></div><div><br></div><div>My guess is this change was introduced to avoid confusion with wells (also called “Brunnen” in German), not to exclude decorative fountains.</div><div>Ultimately, this is a problem (or at least question) to discuss on the German ML/forum, as it doesn’t concern the English wiki.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Martin </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>