[Talk-in] Mapping PDS shops

[Chetan H A]

Hi Srravya,

Yes, Ration shops spread across India. We can easily map these shops using
these combination of OpenStreetMap tags.

1. "building = yes" and operator:type = * (
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator:type)
2.  shop = convenience would be better as I feel.

Best,
Chetan
OSM: Chetan_Gowda


On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Srravya C <srravya.c at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The Public Distribute System (PDS)[1] provides food items (including oil
> and sugar) at subsidized prices. There are about 5,00,000 fair price shops
> (also commonly known as ration shops) across the country in the PDS network
> and over 30,000 shops in Tamil Nadu[2].
>
> What would be the best way to map these shops? A combination of building =
> civic or public and shop = convenience or general?
>
> A fair price shop does not have as many items as a convenience store. It
> sells limited items at a subsidized price.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_distribution_system
> [2] https://www.tnpds.gov.in/pages/reports/pds-report-state.xhtml
>
>
> Cheers,
> Srravya
>
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