On 20/03/2015 5:01 PM, Dave Swarthout wrote:
I was gonna say we should probably consider adding subtags for bottled
gas like propane and butane so that shop=gas might eventually be
subsumed by a new overall shop=fuel. By the way, firewood is a fuel
and could conceivably fit in here too. I would want to stay away from
using another amenity tag, as John suggests too. This is not an
amenity but a shop catering to a certain group of people
Wiki definition: amenity=Covering an assortment of community
facilities". The Wiki doesn't really spell out the differences between
shop and amenities that sell things either so it's difficult to
determine what belongs where.
Also, FYI, I took a look at the objects currently tagged as shop=gas
and many of them appear to be incorrect. Judging from the aerials they
are actually the sort of thing we're referring to here as a
full-service fuel station, amenities with names like Valero, Texaco,
Chevron.
North American I'd guess from the word 'gas' ... search the wiki for
'gas' redirects to a Russian page .. in English.. a gas pipeline. That
is not very helpful to a North American... it should not automatically
redirect to that .. rather give the options ...
amenity=fuel for petrol/gas stations
gas pipelines in both Russian and English...
Obviously many mappers aren't reading the Wiki and use whatever tag
sounds right to them. Makes what we're discussing here seem like a
waste of energy :-(
From my above search .. looking for 'gas' gets you a Russian page on
gas pipeling... no help at all. No wonder we have shop=gas .. very
logical from the North American mapper view.
I've edited the wiki 'Gas' page... My Russian is long ago tourist stuff
.. beer, icecream (much better than the beer!) that kind of thing. If
someone with a little Russian can look at it?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gas
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