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

[Eric Fischer]

I don't know if it catches all the chains you are interested in, but Aaron
Lidman has been collecting the consensus tag schemes for various business
names for presets in iD. I think his current compilation is
https://github.com/systemed/iD/blob/master/data/name-suggestions.json

Eric


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Will Skora <skorasaurus at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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