2011/8/24 Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]>: > On 08/23/2011 06:49 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> If you are doing an import you should check beforehand if there is >> already a drinking water fountain in OSM mapped to avoid duplicates. > > I do a proximity check
that's good to read >: however there is a problem in that legitimate > drinking fountain spacing can be far smaller than normal GPS or air photo > resolution. The proximity conflation can produce false results. yes, it is not completely rare that there is more then one fountain close to each other. > It is usually impossible to pick out the fountains on even the best air > photos (and OSM does not have the best air photos). Sure, and it impossible to get the type from any imagery I have seen so far. Another issue that might be important for you: amenity=fountain (drinkable=yes) is also a variant to look for. See here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfountain cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
