On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 07:34 +0800, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand > > "The brand=* is a larger entity that a place advertises itself as part of" > > Which means that you put "Burger King" or "Barclay's" or "McDonald's" > into the brand tag.
I thought in this case, we use operator=* ? >From wiki.. The operator tag is used to name a company, corporation, person or any other entity who is in charge of the operation of a certain map object. I think the branch/location could simply be added to the name tag. amenity=bank operator=Bank of the Philippines name=Bank of the Philippines Almanza Uno Las Piñas This is for example how I tag chain restaurants, with the location/branch appended to the name tag. David > We put into the branch tag the branch name. Look at this webpage > listing the branches of Bank of the Philippine Islands in my city: > http://info.bpiexpressonline.com/bpiprod/bpibranch.nsf/Branches/BPI/Las+Pi%C3%B1as?OpenDocument > > The branch names are those names in bold like "Almanza", "Almanza Uno > Las Piñas", and "SM Southmall Express Center". These branch names are > prominently displayed in the signboard of the bank outlet. So we put > "Bank of the Philippine Islands" into brand=* (or usually name=*) then > "Almanza" into branch=*. > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:17 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer > <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2011/4/27 Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com>: > >> On 4/27/2011 1:27 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> What do guys think of using branch=* to specify the particular branch > >>> or outlet of a chain of stores/amenities? > >> > >> I think the standard is brand=*. > > > > > > yes, this is also used for gas stations. > > > > cheers, > > Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
