Steve Bennett wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Ambiguous. Paris has a far different idea about business hours than New >> York, which has a different idea than Salem, and so on. Even within the >> same geopolitical region, for example, "business hours" are typically >> 8AM-5PM M-Sa in Portland, but are usually 10AM-noon,1PM-4PM in Salem. >> >> > Obviously it's always better to code the information precisely and with > maximum detail, if that information is available and the coder can be > bothered. Failing that, "business_hours" seems reasonable, and it isn't > really a problem if the interpretation of that varies from place to place.
It is if you're planning on going someplace with a preconceived notion of business hours that differs from the locale you're travelling to. A Portlander visiting Salem with Portland's idea of business hours is likely to be sorely disappointed on a Saturday, for example. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
