The Wikipedia defintion of "cistern" is much wider than the toilet cistern: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistern
On 1 February 2015 at 10:21, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31/01/2015 10:49 AM, S Volk 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 > > > > A 'cistern' has a mechanism for keeping a water level stable, commonly > used in toilets. And OSM has no tag for that feature (yet). They are > connected to a water supply with some pressure behind it. > > I'd think you want to map the provision of water? > If it is 'drinkable' then the generic amenity=drinking_water would suit? > If non potable then amenity=watering_place ? > > If you don't know if it is drinkable then assume not, so use > amenity=watering_place > ? Maybe add a note ? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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