[OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator

[John F. Eldredge]

The usage of "operator" documented in the wiki is the opposite of the standard usage, at least in the food service business (I once worked for a food broker).  The standard usage would be to say that a restaurant's name is "Smithville Waffle House", for instance, it is a franchise of "Waffle House", and it is operated by "XYZ Food Services".  The franchise name is the one you would most likely render on a map.  The average consumer would have no reason to be interested in the operator's name unless they needed to talk to management about a problem of some sort.


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Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator
From  :mailto:deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com
Date  :Mon Jul 12 16:31:18 America/Chicago 2010


On 13 July 2010 07:25, Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhauser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Side note: John, Do you seriously check health certificates before
> tagging restaurants?

I don't usually tag name, just operator, I just mentioned that to
point out the name is easy to locate if people did want to tag it.

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