<div dir="auto"><div>Hello Warin,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Some fountains can be bot<span style="font-family:sans-serif">h historical, artistic or cultural AND dispense potable water.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">And these should be tagged </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">amenity=fountain </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">drinking_water = yes</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Best regards,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Stuart </span></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 09:59 Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 3/2/20 7:00 pm, European Water
Project wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hi Warin,
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<div dir="auto">amenity=fountain is the tag for the object
itself and is a descriptive tag of the object itself
independent of whether the water is potable or not. It should
be used for fountains of historic, artistic or cultural
importance. <br>
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<p>The request is for a fountain of utilitarian purpose, not
historic, artistic or cultural. <br>
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<p>I use amenity=fountain for fountains that are not for drinking,
but for decoration. <br>
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<div dir="auto">drinking_water = yes describes the drinkable
quality of the water. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Best regards,</div>
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<div dir="auto">Stuart </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 08:32
Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>On 3/2/20 5:49 pm, European Water Project wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto"> amenity = fountain
<div dir="auto">drinking_water=yes </div>
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<div dir="auto">Is the best way to tag this.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The summary for amenity=fountain says:<br>
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<p>"A fountain for cultural / decorational / recreational
purposes. </p>
<p>This might range from the usual fountain that you'll find
in lots of city centers, up to large fountains like the
Trevi Fountain in Rome that can act as a landmark and is
also a <tt dir="ltr" style="background:#eef;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism" title="Key:tourism" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">tourism</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dattraction" title="Tag:tourism=attraction" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">attraction</a></tt>.
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<p>The water of those fountains is often not suitable for
drinking. "</p>
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<p>I don't think amenity=fountain is suitable at all for
drinking fountains. <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020,
00:35 Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On
3/2/20 8:29 am, António Madeira wrote:<br>
> Hi there.<br>
><br>
> In Portugal and most Mediterranean countries,
there are literally<br>
> thousands of fountains that are not decorative
like those examples at<br>
> the bottom of the wiki page:<br>
> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfountain" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfountain</a><br>
><br>
> I'm talking about fountains that exist in every
small village or even at<br>
> the side of the road, like these:<br>
> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loriga_-_Fontan%C3%A1rio.JPG" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loriga_-_Fontan%C3%A1rio.JPG</a><br>
> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_das_Lampas_Fontan%C3%A1rio.jpg" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_das_Lampas_Fontan%C3%A1rio.jpg</a>
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><br>
><br>
> What's the best way of tagging these fountains?
They're not decorative,<br>
> they're utilitarian architectonic structures made
to deliver drinking <br>
> water.<br>
> amenity=fountain doesn't seem to fit here,
neither <br>
> amenity=drinking_water.<br>
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amenity=drinking_water is used for;<br>
<br>
streams that people drink from<br>
<br>
wells that people drink from<br>
<br>
taps that people drink from<br>
<br>
blubbers that people drink from<br>
<br>
fountains that people drink from<br>
<br>
<br>
As such it is very non descriptive! More of a property
key like <br>
drinking_water=yes.<br>
<br>
<br>
Some alternatives?<br>
<br>
man_made=drinking _fountain. Not popular for some,
warning I made it.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain</a><br>
<br>
<br>
See also<br>
<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer
noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
> I know that we can use fountain=* in both tags,
but which one?<br>
><br>
> Regards.<br>
><br>
<br>
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