I agree completely with what John said in the previous reply. Repeat: a fuel shop is not a car_parts shop. The "etc." was probably added there as a catch all to include tools specific to cars or whatever but it definitely, certainly does not include petrol.
Dave On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:37 AM, John Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 24, 2015, at 2:48 AM, Friedrich Volkmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 23.03.2015 15:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > >>> 2 liters of fuel are as much car_parts as a bakery is bicycle_parts. > >> > >> The definition says: "A place selling auto parts, auto accessories, > motor > >> oil, car chemicals, etc." > >> > >> That fits perfectly. > >> > >> can you expand? Someone sitting roadside selling just a few liters of > >> petrol, how does he comply with this definition? Petrol is not in the > list, > >> it is neither auto parts nor auto accessories nor motor oil nor car > >> chemicals. Are you after the "etc."? > > > > Petrol is similar to motor oil, both are fluids made from mineral oil. > > Diesel is identical with light fuel oil. So this is clearly the same > group > > of products, especially when sold in equally small quantities. What else > is > > the "etc." supposed to mean? > > > > > Just because they are both made from oil, and sold in similar quantities > does not make the amenity or shop similar. > > This is about people's expectations. > > A toilet and a drinking fountain both involve fixtures that use water, yet > tagged separately. Same with water point, tap, bidet, and other water based > amenities - because people's *expectations* of what is present would be > broken if I tagged a drinking fountain as a tap or toilet. > > That's the point of this is discussion. > > If I saw a car parts icon listed in Africa, and I need to get parts for > vehicle ( even a single can of motor oil) - and I went to one of these > shops, and there was an old lady selling gasoline for scooters in whiskey > bottles out of a window in their house, I'd think the tagger had lost their > mind and delete the shop. Similarly - if the tagger tagged this as a gas > station, I'd think they are joking. > > I don't tag granny's roadside vegetable stand as a market nor distribution > warehouse - but that is the same thing you are suggesting - but in some > places it might be a permanent and expected way for some people to get > vegetables - so how do I tag it? Do I pollute market when it is a table > with 10 green onions and a few eggplants? They are a farmer, so is it food > distribution? Neither works, so a new solution should be found (for this > example). > > > Go look at my kerosene tagging example, and tell me what tag you would put > on a gas station that doesn't actually sell gasoline or any fuel for cars. > Should you like to further dilute petrol station tagging and include those > too? > > If I see a gas pump icon, and thanks to the renders and data users, I > would see a gas pump icon in both cases, it would make me very pissed to > show up there with a car expecting 50L of gasoline. > That's what we're trying to avoid. > > Javbw > >
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