Thanks, that's helpful. I'm working on a UI where people type what they see, and the system translates that to the appropriate tags. The brand tag is particularly useful in this context, and one I wasn't even aware of, so thanks for pointing it out.
Tac On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Serge Wroclawski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, I guess we need to back up. When is a name not a name to you? > > I don't always use brand, but when I'm tagging a store or restaurant > that I know is part of a large megachain, then I do: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand > > It's not a big deal, as name is not "wrong", brand is just more > precise, but we were discussing "what is the right way to tag this". > > Ideally you'd also include the website > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:website), their address > (addr:city, addr:street and addr:housenumber), phone number for the > store (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phone), and store hours > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Opening_hours). Also if the > location is certified kosher, you'd add that > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/kosher) as well > as any dietary options for it > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:diet). > > Very few people add all this detail, especially all at once, but they do add > it. > > - Serge > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
