<div dir="ltr">Very common type of fountain in many parts of Europe, most are not historic en not specifically meant for animals. Just water sources for any use. <div>In Nederland, they are uncommon, which is a shame.<br><div>In Switzerland, water from a nozzle or tap is drinking water unless a sign says it's not. In other countries, I don't know the regulations. </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Peter Elderson</div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Op di 5 jul. 2022 om 11:12 schreef Volker Schmidt <<a href="mailto:voschix@gmail.com">voschix@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>This most likely was once a watering place for animals. <br></div><div>It is certainly historic <br></div><div>hence: historic=watering_place</div><div>It is most likely drinking water, even though the sign says "eau non surveillée"</div><div>
<tt dir="ltr" style="background:none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(238,238,255);font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:drinking_water:legal" title="Key:drinking water:legal" target="_blank">drinking_water:legal</a>=no</tt>.
</div><div>It is certainly an amenity=fountain, because it is historical, and in the past most likely had an important function.</div><div><br></div><div>I agree that this type of rustic fountain has no fountain subtag.</div><div><br></div><div>I also not that the amenity=fountain wiki description is at odds with the fountain= subtypes.</div><div><br></div><div>I have encountered certainly hundreds of fountains of the type in the photo of the original post, and, yes, that frequent (at least in many places in Europe) type of fountain deserves it's own type. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 5 Jul 2022 at 08:19, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">sent from a phone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 5 Jul 2022, at 05:48, Yves via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I'm surprised about the notability involved in the description. <br><br>What about this kind of fountain :<br><a href="https://forum.openstreetmap.fr/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2edc0c03a211c72c455b6158f29e80c894143372.jpeg" target="_blank">https://forum.openstreetmap.fr/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2edc0c03a211c72c455b6158f29e80c894143372.jpeg</a><br></div></blockquote><br><div>it fits the fountain description but I would prefer water place for this example: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dwatering_place" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dwatering_place</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers Martin </div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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