[Tagging] Definition of lake/pond as applied to stream/plunge pools

[Philip Barnes]

On Mon, 2020-12-21 at 22:41 +0000, Paul Allen wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 21:50, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I don't think I've had the situation come up, but if it did, I'd
> > probably map the riverbank only once, and split the river at the
> > fall and at the outlet of the pool. Do the ordinary
> > waterway=riverbank or water=river mapping for the river as a whole,
> > and create a multipolygon (probably tagged natural=water
> > water=pond) to represent the pool.  
> > 
> > 
> 
> I've seen only one plunge pool.  And that was dammed to turn it into
> a mill pond.
> But I've seen many stream pools that I've yet to map properly. 
> They're
> usually named, because they are of significance to anglers or boat
> builders.  It's easier to do it your way, unless you want to name the
> pool.
> 
Am still not sure what a plunge pool is in this context. Plunge pools
in my experience are the icy cold pools you jump into to cool off after
you come out of a sauna.

Phil (trigpoint)