[talk-ph] Tagging suggestion: Use the branch=* tag!

[maning sambale]

Nothing on the wiki, but, it used even outside the PH (although more
than half is here in the PH):
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/branch#values
http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Philippines/En/top_undocumented_keys.html

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com> wrote:
> ok lang ako with plain branch, it's easier to type.  I have no problem
> typing it on josm editor, since it's autofill, once it detects the presence
> of at least one name:branch tag in your work area.
>
> 'name:branch' is just a personal preference because name & name:branch shows
> in sequential/alphabetical order on JOSM. It's nicer to look at, and I like
> the name-association approach in our other openstreetmap. eg. the way we use
> place:ph which appears close to other place tags (i like the fact that
> closely-related-tags tend to bunch together) :-)
>
> anyway, whatever is agreed upon, i'll follow. (what's the approach of other
> osm people worldwide or they don't care about the branches?)
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:18 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with all your points, perhaps we can start adding the branch
>> tag to all common POIs (jollibee, mcdo, etc.)? But why use the
>> name:branch instead of just the branch tag?
>>
>> Of course, I will follow whatever we agree as a group. ;)
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, maning sambale
>> > <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> +1 for adding the branch tag.
>> >>
>> >> @Rally, is there any additional benefit for using the "name:branch"
>> >> key?
>> >>
>> >> In the garmin map, it shows as Name - Branch.
>> >>
>> >
>> > For garmin map, the plan is to add "name" + "-" + "name:branch" when the
>> > map
>> > is compiled, so that it's more convenient to search for a particular
>> > shop
>> > while you're mobile. (need not look at the properties of every poi on
>> > the
>> > 'search results' to see if you got the correct address). I'm sure gps
>> > users
>> > know this, and this is the reason why many contributors put the
>> > branch-name
>> > after the shop's name.
>> >
>> > So why separate (if we will combine them altogether again for garmin
>> > map)?,
>> > because others may want to extract all the Jollibee's, Metrobanks,
>> > Mecury
>> > Drugs, 7-Eleven's etc. It's much much easier to filter out a specific
>> > brand
>> > (for whatever purpose it may serve, eg. market study).
>> >
>> > If in the future, I want all my Shell Stations to have a unique custom
>> > Icon,
>> > all I have to do is filter out all name=Shell & amenity=fuel on the
>> > style
>> > section. If we encourage contributors to put so many different
>> > name-branch
>> > combinations, we might miss out a few branches in the process.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning
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>



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cheers,
maning
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