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I agree!<br>
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<-----Original Message-----> <br>
>From: Jim Morgan [jim@datalude.com]<br>
>Sent: 5/7/2009 5:35:43 PM<br>
>To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org<br>
>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] What level of POIs do we add? (was Click the City)<br>
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>OK, well as everyone has an opinion on this one ... :-)<br>
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>Eugene Alvin Villar wrote, On Wednesday, May 06, 2009 08:20 PM:<br>
>> It's tempting to mark out in OSM all of the Jollibee, McDonald's, and<br>
>> Starbucks branches in the Philippines but I'm wondering if this is wise.<br>
>> Do we mark out every retail store, every bank branch, every Western<br>
>> Union/FedEx/LBC outlet, and every company's office in OSM? My personal<br>
>> take is that we don't need to.<br>
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>I can think of at least two ways in which such information would be useful. If<br>
>you're using Fast food outlets to navigate by then knowing the name is critical:<br>
>"turn left at the McDonalds". Fast food outlets are actually quite convenient to<br>
>navigate by because they have BIG signs and instantly recognisable branding<br>
>which everyone knows. So yes, I can see a use for names here. <br>
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>Another use would be if you were looking for an ATM in a certain area. Not all<br>
>cards work with all banks, so its useful to know the brand of bank you're<br>
>dealing with. So here again its useful to have the name of the bank. <br>
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>> One big problem is multi-storey malls like SM Megamall that have<br>
>> hundreds of tenants. It'll be quite unwieldy to maintain and edit<br>
>> overlapping POIs in such a small land area.<br>
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>Definitely. Let people go inside and use the store directory for that. But<br>
>again, if there is a store visible from the outside, which will help with visual<br>
>navigation, then sure, why not put it in?<br>
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>Jim<br>
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