[Talk-us] Tags to use for chain stores in the United States

[Brad Neuhauser]

Personally, I tag "big box" stores like Target, KMart, WalMart etc with
shop=department_store, just because that seems like the closest fit that
isn't too restrictive (they're much more than a supermarket, to my mind).

You can pick an area and run Overpass Turbo and see what you get with
different tags, for example:
http://overpass-turbo.eu/?value=department_store&key=shop&template=key-value

Alternatively, you can run a search by name (ie
http://overpass-turbo.eu/?value=Target&key=name&template=key-value) and see
what you get. I did this in Chicago, and found Targets tagged
department_store, supermarket, and hypermarket(!)

Brad


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Russell Deffner <russdeffner at gmail.com>wrote:

> Seems the stores you listed are going to have different tags, example the
> 'dollar' stores are probably best tagged shop=variety_store, the wiki has a
> pretty extensive list/description of the shop tags here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shop
>
> However, I would say that K-Mart, Target, and Wal-Mart (especially the
> 'super' kind) maybe don't fit any of the documented tags; I think there was
> some talk about adding a "big_box" or "superstore", maybe hit up the
> tagging
> talk-list to see if that's still in the works.
>
> =Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Skora [mailto:skorasaurus at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:49 AM
> To: talk-us at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-us] Tags to use for chain stores in the United States
>
> Hi,
>
> At past OSM meetups that I've organized, new mappers have asked me
> what shop=* tags to use for several chain stores in the USA and I had
> not found any clear or consistent practices of what tags to use for
> these stores and even as a relatively experienced mapper, I wasn't
> sure what tags to encourage them to use.
>
> I am writing to hear what you've used, which ones are most popular,
> and perhaps the US community could build a consensus on them (gasp!).
>
> For example, several chain stores that we have wondered about include:
> K-Mart, Target, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar,
> 'Bed, Bath, and Beyond'; TJ Maxx; Marshall's; Radio Shack; Meijer's;
> Kohl's; Costco; BJ's; and Big Lots.
>
> I know there's taginfo (including one for the US!
> taginfo.openstreetmap.us) but unfortunately, it doesn't let you find
> out what tag combinations are being used with a name=* (For example,
> finding what tag is used most often with name=Dollar-General).
>
> Regards,
> Will Skora
>
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