<html><head></head><body>I add a look at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand:wikidata">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand:wikidata</a><br>
Wow. <br>
So, this tag is about adding an external reference that explains what the tag is? Really? This is not a joke? <br>
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OSM is sick, please somebody call a doctor. <br>
Yves <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Le 27 septembre 2017 19:14:53 GMT+02:00, Mark Wagner <mark+osm@carnildo.com> a écrit :<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:49:40 -0500 (CDT)<br />Richard Fairhurst <richard@systemed.net> wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Andy Mabbett wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> in different parts of the world <br /></blockquote> <br /> IIRC OSM stores spatial information. I might be wrong.<br /> <br /></blockquote><br />Two examples that can't be resolved by a spatial query:<br /><br />1) There is a business near me named "Maxwell House". It is entirely<br />unrelated to the coffee brand of that name, despite both companies<br />operating in the same country.<br /><br />2) Until recently, there was a burger joint in town called "Sonic's"<br />that was entirely unrelated to the chain of drive-in eateries. (When<br />the national chain opened up a location in town, they paid the existing<br />restaurant to re-brand.)<br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>