There are now over 500 hot springs mapped with natural=hot_spring. The tag was proposed way back in 2008 but the proposal was never approved. Wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dhot_spring Original proposal: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Hot_Spring
Some people have suggested tagging hot springs with natural=spring and a spring=hot subtag, but hot springs have a quite different geological origin and cultural significance. The wiki page for natural=spring has a link to hot spring: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dspring Geysers are also tagged natural=geyser. They could be considered a type of spring, but they are also similar to a fumarole or volcanic vent, and I would be quite surprised to see a geyser mapped as a “spring” Wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dgeyser Thoughts on these tags? If natural=hot_springbkeeps climbing in use, we could start rendering it on the Openstreetmap-Carto style (“standard layer”) soon, if there is agreement on the tagging.
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