[Tagging] How to tag an utilitarian fountain?

[Joseph Eisenberg]

>  They're not decorative, they're utilitarian architectonic structures

The first is designed like a Roman or Medieval drinking fountain, so
amenity=drinking_water is appropriate. The second example does not
have water running in the picture, but if it can be used (perhaps
there is a handle which turns on the water?), the same tag would work.

I would generally use amenity=fountain for decorative water features
which are not designed for drinking.

Joseph E

On 2/3/20, António Madeira <antoniomadeira at gmx.com> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> In Portugal and most Mediterranean countries, there are literally
> thousands of fountains that are not decorative like those examples at
> the bottom of the wiki page:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfountain
>
> I'm talking about fountains that exist in every small village or even at
> the side of the road, like these:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loriga_-_Fontan%C3%A1rio.JPG
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_das_Lampas_Fontan%C3%A1rio.jpg
>
> What's the best way of tagging these fountains? They're not decorative,
> they're utilitarian architectonic structures made to deliver drinking water.
> amenity=fountain doesn't seem to fit here, neither amenity=drinking_water.
> I know that we can use fountain=* in both tags, but which one?
>
> Regards.
>
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