Thanks Frederik, that makes sense to me. On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 03/07/2016 06:47 AM, Marc Gemis wrote: >> Is e.g. brand for shop=car, amenity=fuel, amenity=bank acceptable ? > > The word "brand" has its root in the process of marking live animals > with a glowing "branding iron" to identify their owner. > > I understand "brand" in OSM as a tag that we apply to an outlet when the > "branding" is clearly visible from the outside; petrol stations of > different brands will usually look distinctively different and will be > distinguishable from far away. > > In my opinion, "brand" is *not* about what types of things are sold in a > shop; a shop that sells Pepsi Cola as opposed to Coke will certainly not > be tagged brand=Pepsi. > >> What for shop=caravan ? or shop=caravan;camper ? They typically sell >> multiple brands, > > Brand is not what it sells or services but what it is "branded as"; > being branded as two different things at the same time would thoroughly > defy the purpose of branding, both ancient and modern. > > This has nothing to do with my opposition to sells=*. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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