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

[John Smith]

2010/1/12 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> 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.

so we end up with an equally useless category of business in addition
to amenity...