"cistern" in English implies underground or covered. You want something like man_made=water_tank (unfortunately often used as firw-water tank)
or man_made=storage storage=water On 31 January 2015 at 00:49, S Volk <svo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I've been mapping on Africa in HOT tasks and around, I've seen some > cisterns, also know that some humanitarian NGOs have made many cisterns on > Africa (also water_wells). > > Question: > How to tag a cistern (it seems to be not like what is shown for > "landuse=reservoir"; rather a small "man made" reservoir, on ground level > or escavated, for either natural or treated water)? > > Or, in addition, since there are tags for "man_made=water_well, "man_made= > water_tower", wouldn't it be worth to have a tag like "man_made=cistern"? > > Thank you in advance, regards, > Sérgio (user:SergioAJV) > svo...@hotmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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