Proposed features/Bore
| Borehole | |
|---|---|
| Proposal status: | Proposed (under way) |
| Proposed by: | Kylenz |
| Tagging: | man_made=borehole |
| Applies to: |  Node
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| Definition: | A bore used for a purpose not covered by petroleum_well or water_well |
| Statistics: |
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| Draft started: | 2021-09-22 |
| RFC start: | 2021-09-22 |
Proposal
This proposal suggests a new tag man_made=borehole for 
Boreholes, which may be used for bores that are not covered by man_made=petroleum_well or man_made=water_well.
It also proposes that the tag direction=extraction/injection/both may be used in combination.
Rationale
There is already a tag for petrol/oil/gas wells: man_made=petroleum_well. There is also a tag for water wells, man_made=water_well.
However, none of these work for geothermal bores, or boreholes used for monitoring/probing/research.
Tagging
They should be mapped as a Node, tagged with man_made=borehole. Just like petroleum_well and water_well.
There are two relevant subkeys:
- substance=* - the substance coming in or out of the bore, if any
- direction=extraction/injection/both - whether the substance is coming out of the ground, or into the ground. See Injection well. If not specified, extraction is implied by default.
| Purpose of the bore | Tag |
|---|---|
| Extraction of petrol/oil/gas | man_made=petroleum_well + substance=petrol/oil/gas |
| Extraction of water | man_made=water_well |
| Extraction of geothermal steam | man_made=borehole + substance=steam + (direction=extraction - optional, implied) |
| Extraction of superheated geothermal water | man_made=borehole + substance=hot_water + (direction=extraction - optional, implied) |
| Re-injection | man_made=borehole + substance=* + direction=injection |
| Both re-injection and extraction | man_made=borehole + substance=* + direction=both |
| Environmental monitoring | man_made=borehole |
| Geotechnical investigation | man_made=borehole |
| Probing for a substance | man_made=borehole |
| Research | man_made=borehole |
| Measuring temperature | man_made=borehole |
| Unknown purpose or unknown substance being extracted | man_made=borehole |
Discouraged tag combinations:
- man_made=borehole + substance=petrol/oil/gas - in most situation you should use man_made=petroleum_well instead
- man_made=borehole + substance=water - in most situation you should use man_made=water_well instead
Note:
- As always in OSM, if a bore is only used temporarily and then filled back up, you should not map it.
- If the physical hole or structure remains, but is not being used, then man_made=borehole can be used with disused=yes
Examples
Many geothermal bores feeding into a network of pipelines
A borehole in Antarctica
A geothermal bore
The inside of a borehole
A
Drilling rig digging a bore
Rendering
Maps that render man_made=petroleum_well should consider rendering this tag.
Features/Pages affected
- Tag:man_made=petroleum_well (under see-also)
- Tag:man_made=water_well (under see-also)
- Key:man_made (add to list)
- Map Features (add to list)
External discussions
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