[Tagging] amenity vs. shop *=ice_cream

[Mateusz Konieczny]

On Thu, 14 May 2015 15:49:24 +0200
Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Am 14.05.2015 um 14:55 schrieb Andreas Goss <andig88 at t-online.de>:
> > 
> > shop=ice_cream looks like just an outdated version of
> > amenity=ice_cream or are there really shops that just sell ice
> > cream you can put in the freezer at home (like what you get at a
> > supermarket)?
> > 
> > At least that would have been my interpretation of the tag.
> 
> 
> we're using this for shops that make and sell ice cream, similar to
> shop=bakery or confectionery (indeed it is likely also a subset of
> confectionery). Amenity=ice_cream is AFAIK a shorter version of
> amenity=cafe cuisine=ice_cream (or could also be a stand to sell ice
> cream?)

Note also that in reality there is no useful division. From my own
experience, at the beginning I tagged some ice cream shops/cafes and I
randomly used either amenity=ice_cream or shop=ice_cream.

As difference is not obvious from tag key/values I guess than most
(nearly all?) *=ice_cream are tagged by people no aware or not caring
about such nuances.

Effect is like with natural=wood/landuse=forest. It does not matter
what is written in description of tagging schemes. Expecting any
difference in how these tags are used is naive.