[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

[Peter Körner]

Am 07.09.2010 18:54, schrieb Brad Neuhauser:
> I guess I'm a little confused by the description "A place producing or
> processing customised goods" as it doesn't seem to fit some of these
> occupations, especially what I'd think of as the "building trades":
> HVAC, electrician, carpentry, carpet, roofing, plaster, plumber, etc.
Maybe "A place" is the wrong part. A carpentry is producing a customised 
good (eg. a house) or at least it's processing a part of it (the 
carpet), but this does no happen at the node's place.

>   At least in the US, these workers usually do their work on-site, and
> while they may have a office or building they're based at, they may or
> may not even go there daily.  So, nothing much is "produced or
> processed" at the location that would be tagged in OSM.  So, maybe a
> different description, or different tag for these. I see there's already
> a different usage described on the wiki for shop=trade, but to me, it
> would make sense to tag shop=trade, trade=plumbing|roofing etc.

shop=trade reads "A place of business that specifically sells one or 
more building supplies such as timber/wood, cement etc." so it's about 
selling. craft=carpentry is about using the material sold there to 
actually do something.

> One side note
One side note from me I'd ask for your understanding: It's so hard to 
follow all these wording issues if you're no native speaker. I really 
need your help to find the correct terminology.

Peter