[OSM-talk] Proposed automatic replacements of multiple surface=* and shop=* values (review welcomed!)

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 08:12:58 UTC 2023


On 27/2/23 20:30, Philip Barnes wrote:
>
> On 26 February 2023 09:09:53 GMT, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> shop=map -> shop=maps
>>> or maybe it would be better to change in opposite direction?
>>> it is not too late as it is a rarely used tag
>> There are few shops selling maps these days .. unfortunately.
>>
> Specialist shops selling only maps are rare, although they were never common. Maybe one or two in a large city.
>
> Shops selling maps are still common however. They are still sold in bookshops, garages and small shops still stock the local Ordinance Survey map as they have always done.
>
> Phil (trigpoint)


'Hiking' shops usually sell maps too but I did mean the specialist map 
shops such as Stanfords.




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