[Tagging] Is this a drinking fountain?

stevea steveaOSM at softworkers.com
Mon Oct 3 09:19:23 UTC 2022


On Oct 3, 2022, at 1:55 AM, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> It seems that entire drinking water scheme is a horrific mess 
> and filled with confusing terms, many of them misinterpreted
> by mappers, what makes it even more confusing :)
> 
> The mentioned discussion concerns 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dwater_tap examples

It has been “messy,” but it does get better as we share more of the subtle aspects of “tap,” “drinking water,” “fountain” and others in English.  Slowly better, but that’s better, so eventually, I think we can hammer this out so everybody at least agrees in the wiki.  Perhaps we tackle what we mean to say in the wiki first (to wide agreement / consensus), then apply what we all agree upon to “better tagging in the map."


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