[Tagging] How to tag an utilitarian fountain?

[Warin]

On 3/2/20 7:00 pm, European Water Project wrote:
> Hi Warin,
>
> amenity=fountain is the tag for the object itself and is a descriptive 
> tag of the object itself independent of whether the water is potable 
> or not.  It should be used for fountains of historic, artistic or 
> cultural importance.


The request is for a fountain of utilitarian purpose, not historic, 
artistic or cultural.


I use amenity=fountain for fountains that are not for drinking, but for 
decoration.


>
> drinking_water = yes describes the drinkable quality of the water.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stuart
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 08:32 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 3/2/20 5:49 pm, European Water Project wrote:
>>      amenity = fountain
>>     drinking_water=yes
>>
>>     Is the best way to tag this.
>>
>
>     The summary for amenity=fountain says:
>
>     "A fountain for cultural / decorational / recreational purposes.
>
>     This might range from the usual fountain that you'll find in lots
>     of city centers, up to large fountains like the Trevi Fountain in
>     Rome that can act as a landmark and is also a tourism
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tourism>=attraction
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dattraction>.
>
>     The water of those fountains is often not suitable for drinking. "
>
>
>     I don't think amenity=fountain is suitable at all for drinking
>     fountains.
>
>
>
>>
>>     On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 00:35 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 3/2/20 8:29 am, António Madeira 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.
>>
>>
>>         amenity=drinking_water is used for;
>>
>>         streams that people drink from
>>
>>         wells  that people drink from
>>
>>         taps that people drink from
>>
>>         blubbers that people drink from
>>
>>         fountains that people drink from
>>
>>
>>         As such it is very non descriptive! More of a property key like
>>         drinking_water=yes.
>>
>>
>>         Some alternatives?
>>
>>         man_made=drinking _fountain. Not popular for some, warning I
>>         made it.
>>
>>         https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Ddrinking_fountain
>>
>>
>>         See also
>>
>>         https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap
>>
>>
>>
>>         > I know that we can use fountain=* in both tags, but which one?
>>         >
>>         > Regards.
>>         >
>>
>>
>>

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