Jeffrey Ollie <j...@ocjtech.us> writes: > Third, the laws/regulations around liquor licenses are complex for various > historical and political reasons and vary state by state and probably even > city by city. What classifies as a bar in one state might be a restaurant > in another.
Agreed that terms in local law should be ignored. > So, trying to come up with hard and fast rules as to what's a pub, bar or > restaurant is doomed to failure. The only test that makes any sense is > "what do the locals consider it?" I know that's too fuzzy for some people > but trying to come up with precise definitions for OSM is doomed to failure > because there aren't precise definitions in the real world. I agree with the "what does it feel like" part, but not "what the locals call it". One of the central issues in tagging in OSM is that words are used for a specific meaning (usually UK usage, as we know) and the point is to have a consistent labeling of things around the world, even if local language is different. So that leads to "what would someone from the UK, but who had lived in the area for a year, call it?". But, I completely agree that the boundaries are fuzzy and that it does not really matter which is used when it's close.
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