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Some work for the OpenStreetMap community in 2024… 😀🚰 (en.osm.town)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Doudouosm@en.osm.town to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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Some work for the OpenStreetMap community in 2024… 😀🚰

“Free drinking water soon available in Belgium's 100 largest train stations”: https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/810782/free-drinking-water-soon-available-in-belgiums-100-largest-train-stations-tbtb

So, how would you tag this ?

amenity=drinking_water
fountain=bottle_refill
access=yes
wheelchair=yes
fee=no
operator=NMBS/SNCB

#OpenStreetMap #Belgium #water #SNCB #NMBS

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[–] mannivu@livellosegreto.it 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@pietervdvn @Doudouosm @openstreetmap shouldn't this be mapped as a "man_made=water_tap"? It seems pretty hard to drink directly from those machines, I wouldn't map them as a drinking point.

[–] pietervdvn@en.osm.town 1 points 7 months ago

@mannivu @Doudouosm @openstreetmap eh, maybe? Maybe discuss this on the issue tracker...

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have some more time. The tag literally reads "amenity=drinking_water", meaning that one can get drinking water for personal use here. It does not imply the physical form of this, e.g. if it is a bubbler fountain or a water tap. In either case, the tagging for the wide variety of items isn't very consistent...

[–] mannivu@livellosegreto.it 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@pietervdvn I see your point and I have to agree with your analysis. But, I think that adding a man_made=water_tap could be useful to differentiate it from a natural spring (even if we have a dedicated tag for those).

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, I looked into this as well, but there are apperently quite a few, contradictory ways to do this...