[Tagging] Fire_hydrant: check_date

[Richard Welty]

On 9/12/17 6:44 PM, marc marc wrote:
> Le 12. 09. 17 à 22:52, Viking a écrit :
>> In the discussion page [0] someone says that check_date=* is a synonymous of survey:date=* in common usage. Is this correct? Should we use another tag functional_check=* ?  But I don't like to introduce a new tag.
>>
>> [0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Fire_Hydrant_Extensions#check_date_is_used_in_a_different_meaning_here
> I launched a discussion on the French mailing last week to know
> the exact meaning of those who use it.
> wiki said "when the object was checked and verified"
> but what is checked ? a survey to see it ?
> a survey to check the info sign on the hydrant ?
> a opendata database ?
> including or not a functional check ?
> currently, nobody known.
in the US, your better fire departments do flow tests on every hydrant
on a 3 year cycle to verify output. what the tag means should definitely be
spelled out at some level of detail.

richard

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