<div dir="auto">Hi Warin,<div dir="auto"><br></div><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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">drinking_water = yes describes the drinkable quality of the water. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Stuart </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 08:32 Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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 5:49 pm, European Water
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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.
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<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"><u></u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism" title="Key:tourism" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">tourism</a><u></u>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dattraction" title="Tag:tourism=attraction" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><u></u>attraction<u></u></a></tt>.
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<p>The water of those fountains is often not suitable for drinking.
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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" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>>
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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" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfountain</a><br>
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> 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" 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" 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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> 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>
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streams that people drink from<br>
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wells that people drink from<br>
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taps that people drink from<br>
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blubbers that people drink from<br>
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fountains that people drink from<br>
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As such it is very non descriptive! More of a property key
like <br>
drinking_water=yes.<br>
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Some alternatives?<br>
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man_made=drinking _fountain. Not popular for some, warning I
made it.<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain</a><br>
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See also<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap</a><br>
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> I know that we can use fountain=* in both tags, but which
one?<br>
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> Regards.<br>
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