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

Mike N niceman at att.net
Wed Dec 11 20:18:21 UTC 2013


On 12/11/2013 10:49 AM, Will Skora wrote:
> 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).

  One minor problem with determining future tagging based on the 
frequency of past use is that better tags might be newer.  For example, 
my impression is that

   shop=variety

  is newer than shop=department_store.   But shop=variety also fits 
Dollar General much better than department_store IMO, which I had used 
in the early days.

  Just an opinion about the superstore that includes a full sized 
supermarket and full sized non-food department store: it almost merits 
its own tag, or at least 2 nodes to clearly show the 2 store classes. 
But then one could also argue to include the in-store bank, hairdresser, 
nail salon, snack shop, etc as separate nodes.




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