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

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 6:37 PM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 2:33 PM brad <bradhaack at fastmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maybe not so much in Colo, but in other parts of the southwest us , a
>> 'tank' often refers to something which would be called a farm pond in other
>> parts.
>>
> Thanks Brad, I learned something.  For those that are interested, here is
> a whole article on the subject[0]. It is always interesting to hear cases
> where language differs even within a region of the US.  Notwithstanding
> what these features are called in parts of the SW US, from an OSM
> perspective, I would hope we could agree to tag them as natural=water, and
> water=pond (or water=reservoir).
>

Since these don't have any flow control (as far as I can tell from the ones
I've mapped in Texas from aerial imagery, they're just holes in the ground
where the stream runs through), it seems like =pond is actually the right
answer here.
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