[Tagging] metal bladed windmills for water pumps
Michael Andersen
osm at hjart.dk
Mon Jun 12 09:01:44 UTC 2017
On mandag den 12. juni 2017 17.49.20 CEST Warin wrote:
> Hi,
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> man_made=windmill
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwindmill
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> according to taginfo looks to be used for the 'traditional' water
> pumping windmill used in Australia and America.
>
> These are mostly metal towers with metal blades ... not I think was
> intended by the original tag.
>
>
> See
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> wikipedia American document with photos
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aermotor_Windmill_Company
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> History - Australian document
> http://www.glenviewproducts.com.au/the-history-of-the-australian-windmill/
>
>
> So the question is;
>
>
> Is this migration to include the metal structured windmills acceptable?
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>
> If not.. what tag/s should be used?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwindpump
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