[Tagging] dog=yes for drinking water

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 8:27 AM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I just noticed that the amenity=drinking_water  page mentions the tag
> dog=yes
> and suggests the meaning "suitable for dogs to drink there"
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Ddrinking_water
>
> but the tag dog=yes can also mean legally a dog (as in "dogs may legally
> drink here")
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:dog
>

My presumption based on your description, is what the original user(s) of
this tagging combination are trying to express, is a drinking fountain that
has a special kind of spout low to the ground that's intended for dogs.
They're not super common here, but I do see them from time to time in
public parks.  You didn't cite a number, and the combination doesn't come
up in taginfo, so it would be helpful I think to understand what kind of
numbers we're talking about if we're potentially erasing someone's
documented usage.
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