On 20 July 2018 11:51:39 BST, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: >Was the depression, where the water is, formed by man? If so then it >could be tagged as a basin .. >https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dbasin > >Reservoirs are not only for irrigation, many around me are there to >supply water for human consumption. >So I don't think the use of the water is relevant to defining a >reservoir.
And some around here are to store water for the canal system. Phil (trigpoint) > >On 20/07/18 20:41, Sebastian wrote: >> Hi, >> >> With artificial I meant it is a hole with a plastic foil. Everything >> except sand is artificial and needs to be maintainer in this region. >> >> I have been contemplating if these lakes are also used as a reservoir > >> for irrigation myself. However I can't confirm or deny this. >> >> I'll keep the lake tags then, no pond. >> >> PS: I hope my response to the digest gets filed properly. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com <mailto:vosc...@gmail.com>> >> To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" >> <tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org>> >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:49:46 +0200 >> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Lake or Pond >> ... or a reservoir, as Warin points out. >> >> On 20 July 2018 at 11:46, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com >> <mailto:vosc...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> The description in the (OSM) wiki states: "A pond: a body of >> standing water, man-made in most cases, that is usually >> smaller than a lake." >> >> This definition is different from the Wikipedia definition: >> " A *pond* is a body ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water> >> of standing water >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_stagnation>, either natural >> or artificial, that is usually smaller than a lake >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake> " >> >> What are your thoughts? >> >> >> Our wiki is misleading >> The "thing" in the Mapillary photo is a lake, not a pond, >> regardless of what the OSM wiki says. >> It's too large for a pond >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging