[Talk-GB] Mapping reservoirs

[David Woolley]

On 05/12/2021 13:17, Andrew Hain wrote:
> Most reservoirs in the UK are tagged natural=water (in common with other 
> water areas), usually qualified with water=reservoir 
> [https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/water=reservoir 
> <https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/water=reservoir>]. Some, 
> however, are tagged  landuse=reservoir instead 
> [https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/landuse=reservoir 
> <https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/landuse=reservoir>]. Is there 
> any need to keep the landuse=reservoir tag or should everything go under 
> natural=water?

I would say that landuse is more correct as they are not natural features.