[Tagging] Is it man_made=water_tap?

[Warin]

On 28/9/22 21:26, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> Am Mi., 28. Sept. 2022 um 10:45 Uhr schrieb Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:
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>     I would not use the tag man_made=water_tap for these.
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>     Why not use https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:fountain
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>     You will note the different tags - some relate to the 'style' of
>     the structure others relate to the water delivery eg mist,
>     bottle_refill .. thus the tag is used for anything.
>
>     The word 'type' in the description is the probable source of this
>     confusion.
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>
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> We introduced the fountain tag particularly to distinguish different 
> drinking fountain types


I think you mean "different drinking fountain apperance"?

> around here. You are right that somebody has "hijacked" the key and 
> uses it with values like "mist", and "bottle_refill", which seem to be 
> describing something slightly different


possibly "different drinking fountain water flow"?


> , on the other hand it could still be seen as kind of the same property.


Err no. They are different properties - visual appearance vs water flow.

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