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<div>As the another mapper who was mentioned<br></div><div dir="auto">I am not entirely sure is it drinking fountain, but what I know:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">- it is intended to directly provide drinking water to people in city center<br></div><div dir="auto">- it is possible to drink directly from it (but that may be unfeasible for<br></div><div dir="auto">example for someone older and with reduced mobility)<br></div><div dir="auto">- it is easy to fill bottle etc from it<br></div><div dir="auto">- what about example at <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking</a><br></div><div>- mapped at <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/10052493601">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/10052493601</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It seems that entire drinking water scheme is a horrific mess <br></div><div dir="auto">and filled with confusing terms, many of them misinterpreted<br></div><div dir="auto">by mappers, what makes it even more confusing :)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The mentioned discussion concerns <br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap</a> examples<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>Oct 3, 2022, 10:02 by 61sundowner@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>HI,<br></p><p><br></p><p>I don't think this is a drinking fountain, another mapper does..
what is your opinion? <br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Water_flowing_from_drinking_water_tap.jpg/375px-Water_flowing_from_drinking_water_tap.jpg" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Water_flowing_from_drinking_water_tap.jpg/375px-Water_flowing_from_drinking_water_tap.jpg</a><br></p><p><br></p><p>Not .. not after water quality nor if it is a tap etc.. just if
it is a 'drinking fountain'. <br></p><p><br></p><p>Humm looking at <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking</a> and
oxford dictionary "<a title="Add to My Word
Lists" class="" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class=""></span></a><span class=""><span class="">a device that supplies water
for drinking in public places" </span></span><br></p><p><span class=""><span class=""></span></span><br></p><p><span class=""><span class="">It looks like any tag
(with potable water) is a 'drinking fountain' .. indeed most
amenity=drinking_water, man_made=water_well, etc will also be
drinking fountains. </span></span><br></p></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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