Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-30 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 December 2014 at 12:33, SomeoneElse li...@atownsend.org.uk wrote: I'd be tempted to add OSM notes for these containing a link to the problem node or way since http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1117527074 hasn't been touched for four years; it's likely that other shops have changed hands

[Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Andrew Hain
Betfred took over Totesport a few years ago but there are still tags name=Totesport, name=totesport or operator=Totesport in Ashford, Birmingham(2), London (2), Manchester (2), Northampton, Oxford, Rotherham and Wakefield. -- Andrew ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread SomeoneElse
On 21/12/2014 12:02, Andrew Hain wrote: Betfred took over Totesport a few years ago but there are still tags name=Totesport, name=totesport or operator=Totesport in Ashford, Birmingham(2), London (2), Manchester (2), Northampton, Oxford, Rotherham and Wakefield. I'd be tempted to add OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread SK53
I'll add a note on the UK Retail section for bookies https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_Retail_Chains#Betting_Shops. There are still one or two unharmonised tags for bookmakers: I moved a few amenity=bookmaker to shop=bookmaker the other day. At least one was one I created I'm pretty sure it

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread David Woolley
On 21/12/14 13:56, SK53 wrote: There are still one or two unharmonised tags for bookmakers: I moved a few amenity=bookmaker to shop=bookmaker the other day. At least one was one I created I'm pretty sure it was because I copied the tags from a pharmacy node which already had relevant address

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 21/12/2014 14:39, David Woolley wrote: In my view, they are not really bookmakers. For fixed odds, bookmaking requires no skill and for the horses, I imagine that all the bookmaking is done at head office. I'm not sure this detail is really relevant to us. Apply the Duck Test -- you go

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sun, 2014-12-21 at 14:39 +, David Woolley wrote: On 21/12/14 13:56, SK53 wrote: There are still one or two unharmonised tags for bookmakers: I moved a few amenity=bookmaker to shop=bookmaker the other day. At least one was one I created I'm pretty sure it was because I copied the

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 Dec 2014 12:34, SomeoneElse li...@atownsend.org.uk wrote: On 21/12/2014 12:02, Andrew Hain wrote: I'd be tempted to add OSM notes for these containing a link to the problem node or way since http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1117527074 hasn't been touched for four years; it's likely that

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 Dec 2014 13:57, SK53 sk53@gmail.com wrote: Notably there are lots of Phones 4 U shops (under a variety of names). All the one's I've physically checked have been closed and have a notice from the receivers. I spotted a few that have been taken over by Vodafone and EE. I think all of

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 21 Dec 2014 14:40, David Woolley for...@david-woolley.me.uk wrote: In my view, they are not really bookmakers. For fixed odds, bookmaking requires no skill and for the horses, I imagine that all the bookmaking is done at head office. We decided on shop=bookmaker some time ago:

Re: [Talk-GB] Totesport

2014-12-21 Thread SK53
Ah, but then you move into the realms that we should move everything to shop=betting :-) I was only thinking about this in the context of anyone wanting to use the gambling https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:gamblingtag. See taginfo for current values