[Tagging] RFC - More sensible values for fountain=*

[Davidoskky]

On 11/10/22 12:43, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> or you simply don’t put this detail. 

This is problematic, since if you only tag amenity=fountain it will fall 
back to a decorative fountain since amenity=fountain appears to be 
defined in that way.

I'll repeat the problems with the current tagging scheme that I already 
listed elsewhere.

If I have a fountain that is not decorative, doesn't have a tap and 
doesn't provide drinking water, this fountain cannot be tagged.

Because no main key applies to it.

- Not a decorative fountain, thus not an amenity=fountain

- Doesn't provide drinking water, thus not an amenity=drinking_water

- Does not have a tap, thus not a man_made=water_tap


How would you tag this fountain I photographed the other day?

The water is not potable, the stream of water cannot be interrupted and 
definitely is not a decorative fountain.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_fountain_without_tap_near_Santiago_de_Compostela.jpg


Using amenity=fountain, fountain=utility will allow tagging this fountain.

As I said, the alternative would be to introduce another main tag under 
which to tag these features, but that was harshly criticized.