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

[Adam Franco]

Reading through the proposal I see one particular case node covered and
another that isn't clear related to farm infrastructure.

A common feature of farms near me are "manure lagoons
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_lagoon>". These normally are
located near barns or feed-lots and have liquid sewage piped into them.
The contents are often stored for some period before being pumped into
tankers which spray the contents on fields as fertilizer. According to the
description of water=wastewater
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:water%3Dwastewater>, it is unclear
if natural=water+water=wastewater is the appropriate tagging for these
"manure lagoons". They are usually constructed as basins with no outflow
other than possibly an emergency overflow pipe.

A second feature are "farm ponds" these are often constructed by regrading
soils in low-lying areas to allow for open water to collect and give
animals a place to drink. Colloquially they are called ponds, but due to
their constructed nature they may be reservoirs or weir-controlled
detentions. Sometimes their outflow is a fixed-level pipe rather than a
weir or other more complex control system Certainly natural=water applies
in these cases, but the dividing line between water=reservior and water=pond
is unclear to me for these cases.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 11:10 PM Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonewolf at gmail.com>
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
> _______________________________________________
> Tagging mailing list
> Tagging at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/attachments/20220105/4660ed07/attachment.htm>