[Tagging] Lake or Pond

[Volker Schmidt]

... or a reservoir, as Warin points out.

On 20 July 2018 at 11:46, Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The description in the (OSM) wiki states: "A pond: a body of standing
>> water, man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a lake."
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> This definition is different from the Wikipedia definition:
> " A *pond* is a body <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water> of standing
> water <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_stagnation>, either natural or
> artificial, that is usually smaller than a lake
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake> "
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> What are your thoughts?
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> Our wiki is misleading
> The "thing" in the Mapillary photo is a lake, not a pond, regardless of
> what the OSM wiki says.
> It's too large for a pond
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