I would like to keep water=lake as being a natural or semi-natural lake.
Since most abandoned quarries are obviously artificial, it would be better
to use a different tag.
"Water-filled quarries can be very deep, often 50 ft (15 m) or more, and
surprisingly cold, so swimming in quarry lakes is
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 at 17:24, Brian M. Sperlongano
wrote:
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> Should quarry lakes be tagged under a separate value from water=lake?
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If they should, then you have to consider that some of them may be ponds.
If there is consensus that quarry lakes should be excluded from water=lake,
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A commenter on the reservoir proposal[1] pointed out the existence of
quarry lakes[2], which is a lake that is formed after a quarry has been dug
after a mining operation. It was suggested that such bodies of water
should be tagged separately from other lakes with a tag such as
water=quarry.
