[Talk-GB] Name Suggestion Index

[Jez Nicholson]

Continuing my poking around to see what causes what....

I was wondering how iD (and Vespucci) decides what to offer as brands when
I create a new feature, or when it suggests something like "Ibis looks like
a brand with incomplete tags". The answer is the
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Name_Suggestion_Index (NSI) ...now
detailed on a wiki page that I created.

The NSI is a github repository, so updates and editions can be suggested.
This can be done via your own fork or on the OSMUK fork. I'm not sure what
will work best for us yet.

The entries are geofenced. A brand tagged for 'gb' will only be displayed
when editing a feature in the UK. https://nsi.guide/ is good for
visualising what would be shown. Type 'gb' into the Country Code field.

I'm doing this to raise awareness because editor presets will strongly
affect how items are tagged. We have access to change what happens.

The https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Retail_chains_in_the_United_Kingdom
page
has a long history and AFAIK is still active. Anyone updating the NSI
should refer to it. However, because the NSI actually powers things it is
becoming the standard. One thing it includes that the NSI does not, is
photographic evidence of the branding.

- Jez
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