[OSM-dev] I've added some new shop values in Map Features

[Richard Fairhurst]

Matt Amos wrote:

> i would call that a shop=convenience. what distinction would you draw
> between them, ronnie barker notwithstanding?

Ronnie Barker was a local round here... he lived two villages away,  
in a tiny village where David Cameron lives now.

Anyway.

There's not a whole lot of difference. A "general stores" is more an  
old-fashioned thing, open 9-5, early closing Wednesday, and so on. A  
"convenience store" is probably more like a Londis or Spar; doesn't  
sell the ironmongery, probably open later and sells more cheap booze.  
The "general stores" is dying out, sadly.

cheers
Richard