[Tagging] Fountains

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 20. Dec 2017, at 20:14, Selfish Seahorse <selfishseahorse at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It seems that there is some disagreement whether `amenity=fountain` is
> the appropriate tag for some type of fountains where the water isn't
> jet into the air but runs out of a pipe (example[^1], tagged
> `amenity=fountain` like all such fountains in Bern).


IMHO the tag is appropriate.

Admittedly, I don’t see in the German version a restriction to mapping water jets.
Historically it was “Brunnen” until 2015, when it was replaced with “Springbrunnen oder Wasserspiel”
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=DE%3ATag%3Aamenity%3Dfountain&type=revision&diff=1185148&oldid=1131553

My guess is this change was introduced to avoid confusion with wells (also called “Brunnen” in German), not to exclude decorative fountains.
Ultimately, this is a problem (or at least question) to discuss on the German ML/forum, as it doesn’t concern the English wiki.


Cheers,
Martin 


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