[Tagging] discrepancy in shop definition and "wholesale" value

osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au
Tue Mar 6 18:28:21 UTC 2018


Here in Australia, I would consider “Costco” to be a “shop”. And they name themselves as “Costco Wholesale”. While they do require a membership, that membership is open to anyone without restrictions. Except for the need of a membership (which they happily sell you for 60 bucks the first time you come buy) there is no appreciable difference between shopping at Costco or any other retailer. (And people use the term shopping or grocery shopping in relation to going to Costco.)

 

I personally think that “shop=wholesale” is a reasonable tag for Costcos in Australia (and I think the same applies in the US, membership open to anyone without restrictions. Same for Sam’s Club and others I think).

 

Cheers,

Thorsten

 

From: Martin Koppenhoefer [mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 7 March 2018 03:40
To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [Tagging] discrepancy in shop definition and "wholesale" value

 

 

 

2018-02-28 15:49 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk <mailto:phil at trigpoint.me.uk> >:

Wholesale primarily sells to trade customers, rather than retail. 

Many will refuse to sell to normal retail customers.





indeed. Now, this conflict doesn't seem to interest many people, besides you there was only one commenter here. Any more opinions how to handle it? Would we better "kick out" wholesale from shop or change the definition for shop? 

Cheers,

Martin

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