[Tagging] How to tag an utilitarian fountain?

[António Madeira]

A fountain should be first and foremost a place where there's water
served to the public. The concept of "sculptural and/or decorational"
should be just a component of the fountain, depending on the
country/culture. As its historical/heritage value.
In Portugal, where there are thousands of fountains, this is the norm.
Decorational fountains without the use of drinking water are just a
subtype of fountain, because the main use/purpose of the vast majority
is to serve water.
So, if we see fountains in this prism, I believe they are clearly a
necessity. In cities they lost some of their importance, but in villages
and rural areas (80% of the territory) they're still one of the main
features, without which many of them wouldn't have a consistent source
of potable water.


Às 07:05 de 06/02/2020, Martin Koppenhoefer escreveu:
> Am Do., 6. Feb. 2020 um 10:55 Uhr schrieb Cascafico Giovanni
> <cascafico at gmail.com <mailto:cascafico at gmail.com>>:
>
>
>     Since fountain is intended as "sculptural and/or decorational", IMHO
>     amenity=fountain is not consistent. AFAIK object belonging to
>     "amenity" are in someway necessities. So one day, I hope to see
>     fountain value removed from amenity tag.
>
>
>
>
> I would like to reject the idea that something that is decorational
> and cultural is not a "necessity" (along these lines, where do you see
> place of worship?). Fountains, seem to fit reasonably well into the
> amenity concept. Much more than prisons, grave_yards, hunting stands,
> grit bins, private toilets (sic), and many more things to be found in
> amenity with some usage:
> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity#values
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>
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