[Tagging] RFC - A broad look at fountains

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

sent from a phone

> On 8 Oct 2022, at 12:43, Enno Hermann <enno.hermann at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> One thing I keep wondering about on this topic is how to tag very simple fountains that are widespread in Switzerland along hiking paths (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adlisberg_-_Gockhausen_IMG_4215.jpg) or in villages (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brunnen1886BassersdorfI.jpg). Apparently they are not decorative enough for some people and should be tagged amenity=drinking_water. However, the same type of fountain could have a sign saying the water is not potable (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brunnen_Waldweg.jpeg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014-05-20-Yverdon_(Foto_Dietrich_Michael_Weidmann)_032.JPG);


yes, if the water is drinkable, I would go with amenity=drinking_water, if it isn’t, maybe watering_place with drinking_water=no? Or if animals can’t drink it either, amenity=fountain seems ok. 

In general I believe we should have a property like trough=yes for situations where the water is collected in a trough and accessible to animals.

Feel free to make up a generic fountain tag for this kind of fountain.

If the water comes from a spring in loco, natural=spring should also be added 

Cheers Martin 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/attachments/20221008/df6072aa/attachment.htm>