> Am 27/feb/2014 um 11:00 schrieb Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com>: > > I think the term "drinkable" might be more attractive because it is so > closely related to the term "drinking_water" — it's a logical extension of > the top level amenity tag: > amenity=drinking_water (drinkability=yes assumed) > to different water sources such as fountains, springs and water wells. > > Potable is an English word derived from Latin and its meaning is perhaps not > obvious to non-native English speakers whereas drinkable doesn't suffer as > much from that limitation.
+1 years ago in 2008 when amenity=drinking_water was proposed it was initially drafted as amenity=potable_water and then changed to drinking water as this was perceived more intuitive for non native English speakers. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
