Tag:water=pond

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Description
A small body of standing water, man-made in most cases Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: water
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Requires
Useful combination
See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A pond: a body of standing water, man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a water=lake.

This tag is non-specific. Check if there is another more specific tag which could be used instead:

  • Natural or semi-natural areas of still water are usually tagged with water=lake or water=oxbow
  • Salt evaporation ponds should be tagged with landuse=salt_pond
  • Other evaporation ponds should be tagged with basin=evaporation
  • Open-air man-made swimming pools are tagged with leisure=swimming_pool
  • Artificial lakes and ponds are also tagged with water=reservoir if they are formed by a dam across a valley or natural depression
  • water=basin and landuse=basin are used for an area of land artificially graded to hold water
  • water=reflecting_pool - a water feature found in gardens, parks, and at memorial sites which consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a calm reflective surface.
  • water=wastewater - A clarifier/settling basin of a wastewater treatment plant.
  • water=fountain - the water area of a decorative or recreational fountain.

How to map

Draw the outline area of the pond and add natural=water + water=pond.

Very small pond can be mapped with a node node.

Tags used in combination

Possible tagging mistakes

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