[Tagging] shops for display

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Mon Nov 20 20:25:08 UTC 2023



sent from a phone

> On 20 Nov 2023, at 20:59, Anne-Karoline Distel <annekadistel at web.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to tag shops that are not used for selling goods
> directly, but are just used for display for the actual shop or even to
> advertise something different? Here in Ireland, I think they are often
> used to hide the fact that it's actually a vacant premises, and rates
> are also different, I believe, if you're not actually conducting
> business there. Would "shop=display_only" be a way to do it? I would
> still like to have an option to mark them as vacant,  in a way.
> 
> They could be using the space inside to display their goods or even just
> have the windows covered in decals to advertise that they have moved or
> to advertise local sights or whatever.


according to the wiki a shop is selling goods or services, if they don’t do either it’s not a shop for OpenStreetMap.

Cheers Martin 


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