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

[Steve Bennett]

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Hope <slhope at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I go to a tattooist, he doesn't sell me any goods, he provides a
> service.  But I would call that shop, not an office. On the other
> hand, I can buy stuff at places that I would consider to be offices.
> My vet sells medicines, special dog food, etc, and I've been to an
> accountant/lawyer's office who had a couple of related items (business
> software, tax books, etc) they stocked as a service for their
> customers.  I don't think there can be a rule based just on whether
> you can buy goods - maybe it should be "where exchange of goods is not
> the primary purpose"?
>
> I can't easily give you a rule as to what an office is, but I can tell
> one when I see it  :)

IMHO, business=* would work better and cause less hand-wringing over
where the line is. My apologies if I've already suggested this.

Steve