Ulf Lamping wrote: > Hi! > > While looking at the tagwatch output of the shop key > http://tagwatch.stoecker.eu/Europe/En/ignored_shop.html ... > > I've noticed that some of the values that are already used a few hundred > times are still not in Map Features. > > > I've just added some of those values to the Map Features page (here > prepended with their current usage): > > 324 beverages (using off_licence/liquor_store in addition?) > 204 books (in obvious contrary to amenity=library) > 252 car_repair (in addition to shop=car with 1590) > 292 florist (BTW: in future, garden_centre seems to become the value for > "potted flower shops") > 311 furniture > 303 hairdresser > 340 mall (seems to be used a lot more than shopping_center 49 / > shopping_centre 56) > > > I've added those, where I had a good understanding. There are still some > tags where I'm still curious about, e.g. what is shop=general? > > Regards, ULFL > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > shop=general could be used differently outside of North America, however its usage here I would assume is for what is essentially the main (and often only) store in a small town or village, usually selling things like tools, building supplies, clothes, food, and similar items. Usually they only carry a small selection of the most frequently demanded products.
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