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Am 25.04.2017 um 11:21 schrieb John Willis:
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">If I search for a
supermarket and you send me to a 7-11, you failed.
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Post offices have different scopes in different places, ways we
usually separate by tag, because we separate "duckiness" by tag.
This varies by region, so we need a way to represent both, and we
have existing tags as well.
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[...] This is not something left to "operator". Brand is for
separating similar items - a Burger King vs a McDonalds - not to
separate steakhouses from a butcher shop. We are deciding where to
draw the lines on scope, like convenience stores, markets,
supermarkets, and malls.
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I partly agree but when I tag Walmart or Trader Joe's as a
supermarket's brand that carries a clear expectation towards the
assortment of the store.
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;">The sticky point
seems to be that because nationalized post services and commercial
courier services are available in different places <b
class="moz-txt-star"><span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>beyond<span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b> the traditional offices -
buying stamps at a gas station, box shops that ship via post and
courier systems, etc, that the "amenity" of a location that offers
post/courier service is blurred in many places, or the post''s
importance in some places has dwindled, relegating it to be a
courier. We should be figuring out how to handle assigning the
"amenity" of those services (similar to how a hotel has a workout
room, but that doesn't make the hotel a gym) to other kinds of
businesses, in a way where we can have multiple values. A hotel
has parking, a pool, gym, etc, but it is foremost a "hotel" with
various amenities. Having a dedicated courier or post office tag
isn't so much of an issue - in many places with a traditional post
system, it is still different enough to warrant separate tags.
it's adding these courier/post options to other businesses or
shops that needs to be worked out. Mashing post offices and
courier services together is not going to solve that issue nor
improve OSM tagging in any appreciable way.
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Having a tagging system to add that onto another shop sounds like
that is what people are looking for, if I understand correctly.
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At least that is part of it. Along the convenience store supermarket
analogy maybe we need something like the amenity=post_office for the
traditional ones and an amenity=shipping_services (just a working
title) for everything else, not just couriers. That would work at
least for the dedicated shops. For the in-shop services provided in
kiosks etc. it might be a different tagging.
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