[Imports] Worldwide fuel stations import, down to 56k objects

[James]

in Canada, fuel stations usually have what we call "Corner stores" or
"Dépanneurs" which are some times the same company, but often are a
different brand than the fuel they sell:

Example Ultramar gas can be serviced by "Quickie" corner stores.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 11:33 AM Philip Barnes, <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:

> It will depend on the type of shop, if they are just a traditional
> forecourt shop catering for people in cars or on motorcycles selling oil,
> bulbs, sweets and cans of pop then mapping it as shop=yes is fine.
>
> A lot in the UK, but not all by any means, are also full convenience shops
> In rural areas it will be the village shop and the majority of customers
> will not be buying fuel.
>
> If I am camping and need something for breakfast I am going to search for
> food shops and need to find the SPAR at the shell garage. Searching on fuel
> may not get my breakfast.
>
> Shell for example are often Spars. I am guessing pay at pump went so that
> you buy something in the shop.
>
> Phil (trigpoint)
>
> On 15 March 2018 14:53:32 GMT+00:00, Michael Reichert <
> osm-ml at michreichert.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Philip,
>>
>> Am 2018-03-15 um 13:46 schrieb Philip Barnes:
>>
>>>  Normally the shop is mapped as a separate object. It is usually a separate brand too. The fuel object is on the forecourt, usually the building roof. It is perfectly possible to tag each with separate opening hours.
>>>
>>
>> Most fuel stations in Germany have a shop but almost all have no
>> separate shop in OSM. I think that mappers aren't even aware that it
>> should be mapped separately because they think it is "normal" that a
>> fuel stations has a small shop.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
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