On 08/17/2017 10:12 AM, marc marc wrote: > Hello, > > Le 17. 08. 17 à 14:50, Moritz a écrit : >> the hydrant (by the meaning of the word) is something connected >> to the water main ;) > If I read the previous wikipedia link, there are pressurized hydrant and > not-pressurized hydrant. > If wikipedia use the word hydrant for both, maybe the "by the meaning of > the world" is that. > A common tag for both + a subtag for pressurized or not isn't enough ? > Or you like 2 tag for render and/or to avoid the need to check subtag ? > > When I'm walking on a street and find "something that give water to be > used against fire" and I read "2 bars" on it, I have no way if it's > connected to a pressurized network or if it's a tank with a pump in it. > I didn't even know it existed before reading it in this discussion.
That's not really what's being discussed here. A non-pressurized hydrant wouldn't be attached to a tank at all. It would require a fire engine to suck the water out. It does not look like a traditional fire hydrant at all. Many of the ones I'm used to look like this: http://www.dof.virginia.gov/fire/dryhydrant/index.htm There is no confusing this with a pressurized hydrant. --Eric _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
