[OSM-talk] Public notary (Map feature POI proposal)

[Liz]

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Pieren wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> > Instead of making proposals for office=lawyer and office=notary
> > could someone consider starting a whole set
> 
> I would like but we need some clear definition about "office" and what
> makes the difference with the existing "amenity" and "shop" keys.
> For instance, the current definition of shop in Map Features is:
> "A shop is a place of business stocked with goods for sale or where a
> service is provided to the general public."
> Should be the "service" removed from the shop definition and says
> that's exclusively for goods retail ? Then "office" would be "Any
> private/business/customer services where there is no goods exchanged"
> ? Should we exclude the public services (staying in amenity) ?
> 
> Pieren
> 

sounds good, because under that shop definition the doctor, the dentist and 
the vet should all be "shop" and they are not defined as "shop" but "amenity"