[Tagging] RFC #2: Lake, pond, and reservoir proposal

[Dave F]

Hi

I agree that landuse=reservoir tag should be swapped to natural=water, 
water=reservoir. It will fit in with all the other water=* tags. Britain 
is now devoid of 'waterway=riverbank' 'landuse=lake' tags

I see no reason why it can't be done on mass. It was why the software to 
do it was written. There will be no creation of new errors, just 
existing ones moved to a different tag. Automatic edits will always 
produce fewer errors than anyone mistyping or selecting the incorrect 
choice from a pop down menu when editing individual objects.

The other part of your proposal is bound to be more problematic as the 
decisions are subjective, but should been seen as separate & not hinder 
the tag swap.

Water=* is a more extensible tag than landuse so is better suited to 
accommodate all the different varieties mentioned in this thread.


I think landuse=basin
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dbasin
Should have the same red box warning that landuse=reservoir had. Unsure 
why a user felt the need to amend it today.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:landuse%3Dreservoir&oldid=2172356

Cheers
DaveF


On 14/12/2021 04:05, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am re-starting an RFC for my proposal[1] for lakes, ponds, and 
> reservoirs.  This proposal deprecates landuse=reservoir in favor of 
> natural=water + water=reservoir, and adopts improved definitions for 
> lake, pond, and reservoir.  This proposal was first proposed[2] around 
> this time last year, in which I received and incorporated significant 
> feedback.  Given the large gap in time since this was last discussed, 
> I am opening a second RFC period in order to allow for any renewed 
> discussion.
>
> [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Reservoir
> [2] 
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2020-December/057073.html
>
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