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[Peter Körner]

I think name should be what the shop is called like (e.g. what stands on 
a sign on top / in front of it). If there are additional information 
like the operator it could be added via an additional tag but not as 
part of the name.

Peter

Shaun McDonald schrieb:
> 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.
>>