No, unknown should be tagged as unknown. Even better - not tagged. 2014-11-12 0:09 GMT+01:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>:
> On 12/11/2014 9:35 AM, tagging-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: > > A "non-potable water" introduces two problems: > 1) a mapper may not know if the water is potable or not; there may be no > way to check it or he may not be able to do it; still adding a water source > is useful; > 2) I don't like creating too many top-level tags. I could live with it, > however, as long as we don't have a better defined tagging system. But the > previous item is still an issue. > > > > > "nonpotable_water" and "drinking_water" also have no overlap, which is> > good.> "drinking_water" and "water_tap" overlap.>> > > So what's your suggestion for a water source of unknown potability? > > > Cheers, > Kotya > > > Where something is 'unknown' one assumes its quality/specification to > maintain safety. Thus a water source of unknown potability should be tagged > as "nonpotable_water" as this maintains safety. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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