[OSM-talk] Release openstreetmap-carto v2.36.0

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-11-02 10:34 GMT+01:00 Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl>:

> Indeed....
>
> So why not tag things objectively instead of discussing what things are
> called in different countries?
> shop=prescription_only_medicines;self_medication;pharmacy_only_medicines;household_cleaning
>


I've not yet seen a "prescription_only_medicines" pharmacy, and I support
being pharmacies under "amenity" because they are different to a shop (they
also prepare medicines, are extremely regulated).


> Doing it this way would of course require support for multi-valued keys
> (semicolons!) which many people are allergic to;
>


no, you could do it like this:
sells:prescription_requiring_medicines=yes/only/no ....
sells:sunglasses=yes
....


the problem I see is how you would evaluate such a list in order to
normalize it to a few categories.
It's likely not impossible for pharmacies alone, but if you do it for all
businesses selling something, it will get extremely hard and complicated
(long) to do it. And you should know a lot of details about the places for
which you are offering your map...

Cheers,
Martin
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