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The state of drinking fountains in Vancouver, BC

ߊ߬ ߟߊߦߟߍ߬ߣߍ߲߬ ߦߋ߫ Jaller ߓߟߏ߫ 28 July 2018 ߦߋ߫ English ߟߋ߬ ߘߐ߫

At tonight’s Vancouver OpenStreetMap meetup we were wondering about the state of drinking fountains in Vancouver. The tag is amenity=drinking_water.

A search in Overpass Turbo tells us that in the rough boundaries of Vancouver 112 water fountains were mapped.

In the open data catalogue of the City of Vancouver 239 water fountains are listed. That means we have a coverage of less than 50 % of Vancouver’s drinking fountains in OSM. Errors in this assumption might include duplicates and outdated data in OSM as well as drinking fountains which are not operated by the city.

ߘߌ߲߬ߞߌߙߊ: Fraserhood, Riley Park, Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V5V, Canada
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ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ Warin61 ߟߊ߫ 28 July 2018 at 08:32 ߘߐ߫

That tag is used on all sorts of objects .. wells, streams…

If you want to be specific you need a more specific tag, man_made=drinking_fountain.

If it is a tap man_made=water_tap.

ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ philippec ߟߊ߫ 28 July 2018 at 08:49 ߘߐ߫

The only solution is to use the Mapillary tag, as I did in Brussels and even in the whole of Flanders.

ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ Jaller ߟߊ߫ 28 July 2018 at 17:45 ߘߐ߫

I have not seen the tag-value man_made=drinking_fountain before in Vancouver. With only 71 uses worldwide it does not seem to have a good adoption, however, I can see myself tagging drinking fountains with this additional info in the future.

ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ philippec ߟߊ߫ 28 July 2018 at 18:20 ߘߐ߫

I don’t see a reason. An amenity is a “nutsvoorziening” in dutch. I have ten man_made=water_tap in my house. “man_made” is always a bad tag key in my view as it is that or “natural”.

For the few wells that are not covered by “amenity”, you could specify that their water is drinkable. Well, even a the one well in my region becomes an amenity as the quality of water is controlled.

But all we are interested is is in free drinking water.

ߡߙߌߣߊ߲ ߞߊ߬ ߝߘߊ߫ Jaller ߟߊ߫ 30 July 2018 at 03:03 ߘߐ߫

@philippec What did you mean by “The only solution is to use the Mapillary tag”? Is Mapillary an auto-miscorrected word?

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