[Tagging] Water source types

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 13. Jan 2018, at 01:56, Cez jod <czuyaa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe in 10 years we will have 10 tags responsible for water (3 for
> drinking water
> and 7 for non-drinking water plus subtags, etc.) ..... that makes sense?"
> It is possible that I approach meny problems differently and I do not necessarily understand which side develops tagging in OSM.



IMHO it is unlikely that we will introduce many different “amenity” tags for non-drinking water. 

Generally, if you see a lack of tagging possibilities for certain features or aspects of features, you could create a proposal in the wiki with additional keys or values, and see what others think about it. Redefining or removing well established tags is very difficult and close to impossible, so I wouldn’t use too much ressources for this.

Tags are developed through both, proposals, and more importantly, people who use them.

Cheers,
Martin