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[Shaun McDonald]

Could you please give examples of usage on that page?

In the main most chains, such as the Tesco supermarket have the tags  
shop=supermarket; name=Tesco, which I don't think is compatible with  
your idea of having an operator and name tag where you would put the  
name of the branch (for example Elmers End) and the name of the chain  
in the operator tag (in this case Tesco) if I understand it correct.  
This wouldn't be great as I don't want to search for a supermarket  
called Elmers End, which is a place name, instead I want to search for  
a Tesco near Elmers End (or some other nearby place). I would  
recommend using a name:branch or branch tag for the name of the branch  
since it is unlikely to be as important. (Though it would be nice to  
include in the geocoding search results).

Shaun

On 4 Aug 2009, at 19:17, wynndale at lavabit.com wrote:

> I have put together some thoughts about how you could go about  
> tagging a
> whole shop chain or similar while making searches for the chain or the
> type of shop useful. I have put them online in the OSM wiki at:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/user:Wynndale/Tagging_branch_networks_(draft)
>
> As a bit of background, I am looking at incorporating ideas set out  
> on the
> page into a Wiki project for mapping shops. I would appreciate  
> comments on
> the approaches I am suggesting.
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