As an amenity it is no problem that it is combined with other services (like amenity=toilets), although here (again) I feel shop would be better than amenity. I would recommend to use operator=moneygram rather than money_transfer:moneygram=yes to be consistent with other businesses like gas stations.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:50 AM Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> > wrote: >> >> The problem is that (for example) in the US, it's a very poor fit as >> there aren't businesses dedicated to just money transfer. Sometimes they >> will be combined with check cashing places (which I think is tagged with >> something else under amenity=*), other times your local convenience >> store or grocery store will also do money transfers. >> > > I used a USA dedicated money transfer store just last month. It was > tagged: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dbureau_de_change > > There are separate systems for high and low income users in the USA. > The low income places do payday loans, secured loans, check cashing, loan > sharking, > auto title loans, focusing on the community that can't or won't use banks. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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