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<div>Oct 4, 2022, 11:21 by dieterdreist@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">Am Di., 4. Okt. 2022 um 11:08 Uhr schrieb Davidoskky via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>>:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div>> I wouldn't call this a "drinking fountain," since I understand that term to mean the water flows upwards<br></div><div> > COULD drink from it, if I were to cup my hands and bring them to my lips, even as that is inefficient, if I were really thirsty, I could do it.<br></div><div> In my country, and most countries I visited, fountains providing <br></div><div> drinking water with the specific purpose of letting people drink have a <br></div><div> downward flow.<br></div><div> <br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I can confirm this from my experience, I have been mapping thousands of drinking fountains in the past 14 years, and only 3 or 4 of those found outside had an upward flow. This refers to Italy (lots of drinking fountains) and Germany (drinking fountains are quite rare), and also (limited experience) to France.<br></div><div><br></div><div>You don't have to drink from your hands, you can bow and drink with your mouth if you don't have a glass or bottle.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Also, ones in Rome that I have seen mostly had downward flow.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In Poland both variants are popular.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See for example image shown at<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fountain%3Ddrinking</a><br></div><div dir="auto">(added there by Dieterdreist)</div> </body>
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