<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 19:24, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
I agree with this, maybe we can make the description even more explicit to underline that these are specific features with a specific temporal and cultural background and formal solution, not just any underground aqueducts.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure that we can, or should, map cultural background. Nor should two</div><div>identical POIs be tagged differently because of the date they were constructed</div><div>(other than tagging one as historical or adding a date). For me the thing about</div><div>qanats is that they differ in several significant ways from "ordinary" underground</div><div> aqueducts and we shouldn't force square pegs into round holes.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> It’s a tag in arab language because it was developed in Persia and brought into the territories that “they“ settled/conquered.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That happens to be why the British English name for them is "qanat." Had</div><div>the British managed to colonialize a different part of the world first they might</div><div>have had a different name in British English. The tag is in British English,</div><div>which just happens to be the same as the Arabic name for the feature.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For me, it deserves a different method of tagging from somewhat similar</div><div>objects because it is a different thing. The name used for the tag is</div><div>taken from the British English name for the thing if British English has a</div><div>name for it, otherwise we argue and bicker for a week or two here before</div><div>settling on the local name. :)</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>