[OSM-newbies] Grocery stores in North America

[Dan S]

Hi,

If I understand right, you're referring to a shop that sells roughly
the same stuff as a supermarket does, but small. I would always tag
that as shop=convenience. Have a look at this description and see if
you agree:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dconvenience

Best
Dan

2015-04-21 19:38 GMT+01:00 Bill & Kathy Patterson
<bill_patterson at tricolour.queensu.ca>:
> How would you tag a grocery store in North America when it's too small to be
> a supermarket.  The OSM guidelines use the European differentiation between
> grocery store and greengrocer, but on this side of the pond the latter is
> very seldom seen and the two functions are generally rolled into one.  Do I
> just go with feature=retail_building and the shop=grocer tag, ignoring the
> European convention?
>
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