2018-03-09 19:24 GMT+01:00 Paul Johnson :
> Big box refers to the building form factor.
>
+1, big box is a building typology (literally a big box, usually
freestanding and surrounded by huge parking lots, with some mega-retail
inside).
Cheers,
Martin
On Mar 9, 2018 00:17, "Johnparis" wrote:
Typically they will, for example, sell detergent in boxes of 5 kg instead
of 1 kg. Or a liter of ketchup. Hence the (USA) term "big box". So they are
"wholesale-sized" but not wholesale in the sense of their sales mechanism.
(The wholesale=* tag is for who
wholesale=* (not wholesaler=*) is in the never-approved shop=wholesale
proposal and has 677 usages.
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/wholesale#values
Perhaps a wiki entry for wholesale=* is needed, with cross-references
between that and shop=wholesale
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Paul A
Regarding Althio's comment:
This is exactly the sort of confusion caused by using the word "wholesale"
in shop=wholesale.
These are not wholesalers. They are retailers who use the word "wholesale"
as a marketing tool. (Even if the parent company has wholesale activities,
these particular premises
I agree with those statements :
What they sell (e.g. clothes, groceries, only in bulk packaging) or if
access is restricted (specific times, only certain group of people) are
separate concerns
*and should be tagged separately*.
Am 06.03.2018 um 18:55 schrieb Paul Allen:
We already make a distinct
I am happy with shop=wholesale and would prefer to change slightly the
definitions and descriptions ["A place selling products or services", no
mention of retail] on pages
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shops
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shop
dy exist.
Cheers,
Thorsten
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Must agree with Thorsten and Stefano.
The proposal referenced by Martin is just that: a proposal. From 2011
e US, membership open to
> anyone without restrictions. Same for Sam’s Club and others I think).
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> Cheers,
>
> Thorsten
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>
> *From:* Martin Koppenhoefer [mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 March 2018 03:40
> *To:* Tag discussion, strat
] discrepancy in shop definition and "wholesale" value
2018-02-28 15:49 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes mailto:p...@trigpoint.me.uk> >:
Wholesale primarily sells to trade customers, rather than retail.
Many will refuse to sell to normal retail customers.
indeed. Now, this
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 5:39 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
Any more opinions how to handle it? Would we better "kick out" wholesale
> from shop or change the definition for shop?
>
My feeling, as an English speaker, is that a wholesaler is not a retailer,
and that shop=wholesale is a contradict
2018-02-28 15:49 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes :
> Wholesale primarily sells to trade customers, rather than retail.
>
> Many will refuse to sell to normal retail customers.
>
indeed. Now, this conflict doesn't seem to interest many people, besides
you there was only one commenter here. Any more opin
Wholesale primarily sells to trade customers, rather than retail.
Many will refuse to sell to normal retail customers.
Phil (trigpoint)
On 28 February 2018 12:30:38 GMT+00:00, Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
>2018-02-28 10:48 GMT+01:00 Stefano :
>
>> Where did you read that??
>>
>> https://wiki.o
2018-02-28 10:48 GMT+01:00 Stefano :
> Where did you read that??
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/wholesale
>
the proposal is even clearer:
"A wholesale dealer sells large stock of items, usually to other shop
owners and resellers."
Cheers,
Martin
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2018-02-28 10:48 GMT+01:00 Stefano :
>
>
> 2018-02-28 10:39 GMT+01:00 Martin Koppenhoefer :
>
>> The wiki states that a shop is a place selling retail goods or services.
>> The value shop=wholesale, almost 1000 uses, is not fitting into this
>> definition. What shall we do?
>>
>
> Where did you re
2018-02-28 10:39 GMT+01:00 Martin Koppenhoefer :
> The wiki states that a shop is a place selling retail goods or services.
> The value shop=wholesale, almost 1000 uses, is not fitting into this
> definition. What shall we do?
>
Where did you read that??
I see on
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wi
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