In my dialect of American English, a tank would normally be fully enclosed, while an open container for liquids would be a pool or basin or pond?
I’d like to keep “tank” for covered features. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 8:21 AM Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > I did create new thread about including other features in wastewater > treatment facilities. Unfortunately I have been side track on other issues, > not necessarily OSM issue, but life in general. > > I do plan to continue exploring how to tag the various features in > wastewater treatment facilities in the near future. > > To the question of "Are storage tanks covered" It might depend on what > they are used for. I assumed most were covered. > > My post was on Wastewater Plants looking to add two features, Clarifiers > and Digesters. Clarifiers look like a storage tank but may not be covered. > See https://www.dropbox.com/s/k87y9sf144xxylv/clarifier.png?dl=0. I > believe clarification can also be done in basins. > > Digesters on the other hand appear to be covered. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/q8jxmgvs8heb314/digester.png?dl=0 > > For wastewater plants, I'd like to explore how to best tag these features. > Is it man_made=storage_tank+storage_tank=digester? At this point, I'm not > sure, first I don't know if it's British English, and second, I don't know > it digester is a universal term or if there is a better one. > > Clarifiers because they can either be in a tank or a basin, how should > they be tagged? man_made=storage_tank+storage_tank=clarifier or > basin=clarifier. > > The OP asked about slurry storage. I believe they belong in the > storage_tank category. Which would imply that storage tanks don't need to > be covered. (But if they aren't, I bet it stinks) > > Best, > Clifford > > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 12:33 PM Andrew Davidson <thesw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 9/2/19 6:05 am, Markus wrote: >> > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 at 18:19, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > However, the question has remained unanswered. >> > >> >> [Talk-de] Klärbecken... (in German :-( ) >> > >> > Sorry, but i'm unable to find that thread. Strangely enough, Google >> > doesn't seem to index everything on lists.openstreetmap.org ... >> >> >> https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=EN&u=https://www.mail-archive.com/talk-de@openstreetmap.org/msg94716.html >> >> I find that the search on The Mail Archive works better than Google. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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