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Here on holiday in Sintra, I notice many public "water sources", called "fontes" in Portuguese. This translates to both fountain and spring. One famous example is the "Fonte da Pipa":
Should I tag these as fountains, or as springs? Update: I learned now that these provide real spring water. In other words, they are not connected to any man-made watering system. However, most of these "fontes" are not natural springs, they are the endpoints of ancient watering tunnels that guide water from natural reservoirs inside the mountains. |
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natural=spring is described as a point where groundwater naturally flows out of the ground. In other words a spring usually is the point where a natural water stream begins. Your photo however 1
It's clearly not a spring, but I'm not sure that it's a fountain, either. Perhaps amenity=drinking_water? There are some links on that wiki page to other possibilities depending on current use.
(26 Jul '12, 12:19)
SomeoneElse ♦
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Some of these "fontes" are definitely not drinking water, and many are not guaranteed drinkable. (They have a message that the water quality is not controlled.) So amenity=drinking_water seems misleading to me, especially in combination with drinkable=no? I am actually not sure if these are natural water sources, and I don't know if a spring definitely needs to create a stream (don't see that mentioned in the wiki either).
(26 Jul '12, 16:13)
pbb
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I would like to add one remark: Additional to drinking_water / fountain etc., you can add tourism=artwork, if the fonte is as beautiful as the one in your example :)
(26 Jul '12, 16:30)
moszkva ter
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