[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - shop as post-partner

[Paul Allen]

On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 at 14:18, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <
bert.araali.afritastic at gmail.com> wrote:

Nominatim uses the search bow to look for values in many fields, not just
> the name field.
>

I simplified. A lot.  Nevertheless, the search box searches for names
(actual name, operator name, etc.) not functions.  I cannot use it to
search for things that are post offices but not named "Post Office."

There is no specific way as far as I can see to look for the value
> post_office in the amenity key.
>

I can't see one either, but that claim was made.

The Africans, as usually, solved it by putting the name Post Office in the
> name key which is also not good practice.
>
Indeed it is not good practise.

> But that is what users do, being creative if the proposed or approved
> tagging doesn't give a feasible solution, for data processing, for
> rendering or for mapping purposes, that's the mess you get.
>
If the name is "Fooville Post Office" then that goes in name=*.  If the name
is just "Post Office" then that goes in name=*.  If the name is "Brian's
Place" then that goes in name=*.  The fact that it is tagged as
emnity=post_office will result in a suitable icon in many cartographic
styles.

If you're using "Post Office" as the name to allow the thing to be searched
for with Nominatim, that's probably not a good idea.

-- 
Paul
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