<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:39 AM, Richard Fairhurst <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard@systemed.net" target="_blank">richard@systemed.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">Bryce Nesbitt wrote:<br>
> What can we assume the UK tag "waterway=elsan_point" means? One or more<br>
> of:<br>
><br>
> 1) Walk up toilet<br>
> 2) Cassette dump for boats<br>
> 3) Cassette dump for motorhomes<br>
> 4) Pump out<br>
<br>
</span>Very firmly and unambiguously 2.<br>
<br>
> I propose making the assumption the present elsan_point tag means* #3*,<br>
<br>
Could I make the evidently-not-bleeding-obvious-enough observation that the<br>
"waterway=" bit is quite a good hint that it's not meant for motorhomes.<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>Yes, I think waterway is an excellent hint. Thus:</div><div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/waterway%3Dsanitary_dump_station">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/waterway%3Dsanitary_dump_station</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>waterway=elsan_point </b>would become <b>waterway=sanitary_dump_station</b>, nothing more.</div><div>Motorhomes need not apply.</div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div><br></div><div>Note this sanitary_dump_station scheme replaced over a dozen other tagging styles worldwide. It was a real mess: fragmented and tagged for the rendering such as to be absolutely unprocessable in any rational way. There were advocates for using UK term "Elsan" for the cleanup.</div><div>Others objected to the use of a trade name. Thus <b>sanitary_dump_station</b> as an attempt at a generic term with a good chance of understanding when translated into multiple languages, and a good match to the customary terms used locally. The scheme's wiki page is now in French, German, English and Russian.</div><div><br></div><div>Elsan point is not a term with recognition outside the UK.<br></div></div></div></div>