We should get rid of all tags too close to natural language. I propose a unified tagging scheme: material = dihydrogen monoxyde formula = H2O flowing = yes/no depth = xx
Wait, in fact this could be extended to anything from building to trees!! Yves Le 10 novembre 2020 06:26:39 GMT+01:00, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> a écrit : >The tag water=pond was added with a large number of other types of >"water=*" in 2011, but it has a poorly defined description. > >"A pond <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pond>: a body of standing water, >man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a lake. Salt >evaporation ponds should be tagged with landuse ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:landuse>=salt_pond ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dsalt_pond>, open-air >swimming pools — with leisure ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:leisure>=swimming_pool ><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dswimming_pool>." > >So it might be artificial, like a landuse=reservoir or water=reservoir, but >smallish. Or it might be natural like a water=lake, but smallish. However, >nothing on the water=lake page defines a lower limit for the size of a lake. > >This is a shame, because all the other values of water=* are clearly >defined as only natural, or only artificial, and waterway=* features are >also clearly divided. Furthermore, the original lags landuse=reservoir and >landuse=basin were also clearly artificial, while lakes were natural. > >But the biggest problem is that there is no way to define a lower size for >a lake or reservoir, or an upper size for a pond. And the size of the area >is easier available from the geometry of the feature, so it doesn't need to >be mentioned in the tag. > >I think the best option is to deprecate water=pond and suggest using >water=lake for natural lakes, even small ones, and use water=reservoir or >water=basin (or landuse=reservoir or =basin if you prefer) for the >artificial ones. > >-- Joseph Eisenberg
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