<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 20, 2020, at 7:22 AM, Joseph Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com" class="">joseph.eisenberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="Singleton"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">we end up with most POIs [e.g. shops] added as nodes, as it appears to be currently the best compromise in terms of mapping efficiency, accuracy, complexity and editability.<br class=""></blockquote><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">+1</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>+1 as well, but I do not want this to become a standard way to map all POIs that resemble businesses. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="Singleton"><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">I know there are lots of building=yes with POI data added, but I would discourage this because there really is no way to tell which of the properties (e.g. name) belongs to the building and which to the business.<br class=""></blockquote><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">+1</span></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>-1 I really like tagging info onto landuses and buildings because that is *exactly* what I’m trying to convey - everything in this area or building is *this thing*</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>It should be said to use the *proper* method, which may be pins most of the time, but for more complicated mappings, all might be used. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>This is especially true with modern indoor malls - where you are going to see a lot of shop mapping. This nesting becomes vitally important. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>The “mall” is the retail landuse. the named parking lots, the access roads, the mall buildings, the satellite buildings - that is “the mall”. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>The mall is often times a collection of many buildings. Anchor stores often take a whole building with additional small shops inside, or the buildings themselves have names (center mall, south mall) stuffed with many small shops. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/36.29322/139.39888" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/36.29322/139.39888</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>In my example, Aeon Mall Ota is the entire place. There is an anchor department store - Aeon - on the north end. the mall is then two adjoined buildings - the center mall and south mall. (the mall was lengthened and the segments named differently). </div><div><br class=""></div><div>then, inside those buildings, are all the POI’s of the different shops, restaurants, amenities, and so forth. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>In this case, the info for the mall is on the landuse (it is the whole landuse).</div><div><br class=""></div><div>the info for Aeon shop is on the building. (it is the entire building, and named for it). </div><div><br class=""></div><div>The info of the general mall shops are on pins (as they take up suites) </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>This is a MASSIVELY USEFUL ability to nest different POIs on top of each other. Similar to other situations, being able to specify points for shops inside a larger land area is useful. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>Javbw</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div> </div><br class=""></body></html>