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<p>Is a pharmacy not the same as shop=chemist with dispensing=yes? To my mind it sounds like it. If there is a distinction, isn't it getting a bit academic?</p>
<p>On 2015-11-01 12:51, Richard wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 09:01:04AM +1100, Warin wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On 31/10/2015 8:10 AM, Matthijs Melissen wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On 30 October 2015 at 22:01, Matthijs Melissen <<a href="mailto:info@matthijsmelissen.nl">info@matthijsmelissen.nl</a>> wrote:
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This should be amenity=pharmacy instead of office=pharmacy, of course.<br /><br /></blockquote>
<br /> No. In a perfect world it should be<br /><br /><br /> shop=pharmacy<br /><br /> Description : A shop where a pharmacist sells medications.<br /><br /> So "a shop"!:-)<br /><br /> My definition ... shop ... a place where physical goods are sold.</blockquote>
<br /><br /> not long ago (maybe even today?) pharmacies were not only selling goods but <br /> also producing many kinds of ointments and possibly other things as ordered <br /> by the prescribing physician.<br /><br /> So "shop" would be a too narrow definition.<br /><br /> Richard<br /><br /> _______________________________________________<br /> talk mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br /><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a></div>
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