[OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator

[john whelan]

If you look at the history of the page this change was made on the
morning of 1st of April by someone who doesn't appear to have an
entry.  I suspect it might just be sabotage, it does happen
occasionally on wikis.

Cheerio John

On 12 July 2010 16:25, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know how people are using the tag name and/or operator. It
> was obvious for me that operator might come as an additional attribute but
> it seems that the wiki is suggesting to replace name by operator. Or at
> least, it's questionning on the page about amenity=bank:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbank
>
> where the section "tags to use in combination" suggests 'operator' but the
> template says 'name=*', 'operator=*'.
> Then now the question : how can we determin if we use 'name' or 'operator'
> if it is one or the other ? e.g. restaurants or hotel might or might not be
> part of a chain, thus might be tagged with 'name' or 'operator'. Shall know
> the door to ask ?
> Or can I restore the tag 'name' in the wiki as it was till january 2009 ?
>
> Pieren
>
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