About the Map

Draft

The map shows water taps and public drinking water taps known to openstreetmap.

The presence of a tap says nothing about the water quality. In the Netherlands, it is almost always tap water. Water points in Europe generally provide drinking water unless otherwise indicated. This also applies to the many water points with a jet of spring water that you will find in Austria and other Alpine countries, for example.

Using the drinking spots on the map is at your own risk. Use your common sens and ask the locals

Also keep in mind that not all water taps are always accessible. Think of cranes in playgrounds, on business areas or stations that you can only access with a valid ticket.

Afbeelding van mikepecha via Pixabay

The data comes via overpass turbo and osmdata.xyz and is updated monthly.

On the map, nodes are represented with:

  • amenity = drinking_water . According to the description of openstreetmap, this refers to drinking water.
  • man_map = water_tap . This also usually concerns a water tap with drinking water. (These cranes are not shown on the map on openstreetmap itself). Water taps with drinking_water set to no are not shown.
  • In addition, amenity = fountain and natural = spring are displayed. Provided that the drinking_water flag is set to yes (yes) or perhaps (conditional). Fountains are generally not drinkable. Natural sources often do.

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More drinking water points

  • Graveyards often have a tap.
  • Campsites generally have tap water points scattered around the site.

Benches

You can also show benches and pickik tables on the map. Because there are very many, this option is only available when zooming in sufficiently.
The data on this in OSM is far from complete.

GPX Download’s Water Taps

Water points and campsites near your route.

Do you have a gpx track of a route that you will be walking or cycling and do you want to know the water taps along the route? Upload the route using the button in the lower right corner. Klik on the track and select campings or water. After a few moments the POIS should appear on the map. By clicking on one of them you can download them for usage on your GPS-Device.

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Pois on current map

Under the Poi-buttons on the top-left side of the map you will find a download link. This will download the poi of the current visible part of the map.

Moving pois to your GPS -Device.

Getting the pois to your gps device is accomplished using the normal methods for your device. A note for garmin users: some models like the Extra series require that the file starts with Waypoint, like Waypoint2.gpx or Waypoint-my-route.gpx.

Downloads per country

Walking in the heat

Start early

The hottest period is between 12 and 15:00. But also in the afternoon it is often warmer than the early morning. Start as early as possible and make sure you’re in with the lunch

Choose your terrain

Forest and coast offer more shade and cooling compared to open terrain.

Dress lightly

Light and airy clothing helps to cool down. A cap and sunglasses against the sun complete the outfit.

And don’t forget to use a good sunscreen.

critters

The oak processionary caterpillar has been in the news a lot in recent years. This can cause annoying respiratory problems. But in terms of disease, the tick is a lot more dangerous. Prevent tick bites. Wear long pants, use DEET and check yourself.

Drink and eat enough

Drinking a lot is an open door. But also eat enough, which often falls by the wayside in hot weather.

Do you get a headache on the way, do you feel nauseous or dizzy? This could indicate heat stroke or overheating. Find the shade and give your body time to recover. If the complaints get worse in the shade, call for medical help.

Incorrect information?

On openstreetmap.org you can add comments to the map.

Water Taps APP

You can also set this website up as an app. In the menu of your (phone) browser you will find install as app . Desktop browsers have an icon in the address bar.

2 thoughts on “About the Map

  • 30 April 2022 at 08:44
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    Hi!
    Your website kraanwatertappunten.nl is very useful. Thank you! I want to report a problem I am having. Back in February 2022, I was using your website and it was working perfectly when I was downloading gpx files from the map screen by clicking on the little water tap icon or the camping icon. Now, in April, when I download a file the same way, I do not get a file in XML format, but a file in JSON format. This is not working anymore for me with other programs, like https://gpx.studio . gpx.studio says that the file format is unrecognised. Would it be possible for you to revert your kraanwatertappunten.nl files to be XML again and not JSON. Thank you in advance!

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    • 30 April 2022 at 08:56
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      Thanks for reporting the issue.

      The problem was a minor typo resulting in a custom geojson format. The downloads will generate gpx files again.

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