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<div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dwater">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dwater</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I propose to mark it as deprecated, is there some good reason to<br></div><div>avoid doing it?<br></div><div><br></div><div>This tag has unclear meaning and any known meaning has a better tagging.<br></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div>For reference, some of possible meanings and better tagging for it:<br></div><div><br></div><div>amenity=drinking_water A drinking water source which provides potable water for consumption. <br></div><div>Can be combined with other tags such as man_made=water_tap<br></div><div><br></div><div>amenity=water_point is a place to get larger amounts of drinking water, usually for caravans,<br></div><div>RV's, or boats.<br></div><div><br></div><div>amenity=watering_place is a place where animals drink water<br></div><div><br></div><div>natural=spring is used where water flows naturally out of the ground.<br></div><div><br></div><div>amenity=fountain is a fountain for used for cultural, decorational and/or recreational purposes.<br></div><div><br></div><div>man_made=water_well is a man made excavation in the ground to gain water from an aquifer.<br></div><div><br></div><div>shop=water is a shop selling primarily water<br></div><div><br></div> </body>
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