[OSM-talk] brand=...

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Bob Jonkman wrote:
> In my locality there is a gas station (petrol station) which has the name 
> "Elmira Service Centre", is it owned and operated by Norm Stanaitis, and 
> it has a prominent banner for "UPI" brand gasoline, recently switched from 
> "Pioneer" brand gasoline. The locals all refer to this station as 
> "Stanaitis's". 
> 
> So, in this case there would be room for all three attributes: 
> 
> name=Elmira Service Centre 
> operator=Norm Stanaitis 
> brand=UPI 

A case could be made for adding "loc_name=Stanaitis's"; if you say 
that's the name used locally, then a proper map for the local area 
should perhaps refer to it by this name instead of the official name. 
That's what "loc_name" is for.

Bye
Frederik

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