[OSM-talk] Tag name vs operator

Jacek Konieczny jajcus at jajcus.net
Tue Jul 13 09:07:18 BST 2010


On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:41:21AM +0100, Lester Caine wrote:
> When one starts to look at 'McDonalds', 'KFC' and 'Burger King' then while they 
> are franchises, the name is the 'brand', but a group of 'McDonalds' may well be 
> operated by a single local business ... certainly overseas. This all just 
> relates to how we search for things, and so simply standarising on the 'brand' 
> makes perfect sense? I'm looking for a 'best western' hotel or a 'KFC' so search 
> looks up all the local POI with that brand ?

Why not reusing the existing 'network' tag for the 'brand'? Though, I
may be biased by Polish language where we use our 'network' equivalent
the way 'chain' is used in English (e.g. for restaurants).

Greets,
        Jacek




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