[talk-ph] tagging distinctly Philippine POIs

[Jim Morgan]

maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 17 June, 2009 03:10 PM:
> I have always been wondering how we tag features that are distinctly
> Filipino.  Often I encounter a feature that is not the Map Feature
> like vulcanizing.

Or maybe we should try to fit them into more generic tags where possible? If every country has a different tag for essentially a common service it will become very difficult to make a custom map renderer which works over all countries. 

For example. 

- tricycle terminal -> could be marked as a general transport terminal and the name would reflect the fact it was a tricycle terminal. 

- talipapa => amenity=market, and the name contains talipapa
- pasalubong/souvenir shops => shop=souvenir ? 
- small stores (sari-sari) => shop=convenience ?
- MMDA pink urinals :) => OK you got me. 
- Vulcanizing => shop=car_repair

My point is that we shouldn't be making things unncessarily complicated. If people come from outside of the Philippines and want to buy a can of coke, then they don't need to know that a sari-sari store will sell one to them. So you're making it easier for people to find what they want.

(Got some ideas for this email from this rather cool site; http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/shop/ )

Jim


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