Interesting. I've been tagging most large pharmacies as shop=convenience and amenity=pharmacy since I tend to think of them as convenience stores as much as pharmacies.
-jack -- Typos courtesy of fancy auto spell technology On July 5, 2016 1:08:26 PM EDT, Peter Dobratz <pe...@dobratz.us> wrote: >After arriving at a local drugstore chain with a prescription in hand, >walking past the shampoo aisle, only to find that the pharmacy counter >is >closed for the day, I've been updating tagging of drugstores and >pharmacies >as described here. > >For example, there is a Walgreens: > >http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/266495943 > >The building outline has shop=chemist. > >Inside the building, there are 2 Nodes, one for the pharmacy and one >for a >clinic: > >amenity=pharmacy >dispensing=yes >drive_through=yes >http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4064469934 > >amenity=doctors >http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4064469933 > >In this case, all of these entities have different opening hours. >Other >contact info like phone and website may be different as well. > > >For the older style independent pharmacy, I do still use >amenity=pharmacy >on the building outline: > >http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/218176300 > >They do sell a few items like bandages without a prescription, but they >don't have the extensive personal hygiene section of typical of the >drugstore chains. The pharmacist is also on duty for the entire time >this >shop is open, so it doesn't feel like there are two separate entities >operating in the space. > >Peter > > >On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Minh Nguyen ><m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> >wrote: > >> Recently, iD was changed so that shop=chemist is labeled as >"Drugstore" >> for American English users (and continues to be labeled "Chemist" for >> British English users). [1] An American mapping a Walgreens, CVS, or >Rite >> Aid who searches for "drugs" will see the following choices, in >order: >> >> * Drugstore (shop=chemist, marked with a shopping cart icon) >> * Pharmacy (amenity=pharmacy, marked with a pill bottle) >> >> Meanwhile, searching for "pharmacy" -- a synonym of "drugstore" in >> American English -- produces only the amenity=pharmacy preset. >> >> The rationale is that amenity=pharmacy should be used only for >pharmacy >> counters (which can be found at both drugstores and inside >supermarkets), >> while shop=chemist should be used for full-service drugstores that >*may* >> contain pharmacy counters. Currently, this is at odds with the wiki >and >> longstanding practice, which stipulates that a shop=chemist *may not* >fill >> prescriptions. >> >> This change to iD came about due to a discussion in the Name >Suggestion >> Index project, which is the component in iD that suggests tags when >you >> fill in a commonly used name. [2] I happened to notice the change >because >> it caused Transifex to prompt me to update iD's Vietnamese >localization. To >> my knowledge, there has been no discussion on the mailing lists or >formal >> proposal on the wiki, though the iD maintainer intends to edit the >wiki to >> match iD's interpretation. iD is the only software that has made this >> change. >> >> On the one hand, I've come around to liking the proposal, because it >makes >> it easier for data consumers to distinguish between pharmacy counters >and >> full-fledged drugstores. On the other hand, I think it's problematic >> because an American mapping a Walgreens or CVS could potentially tag >a >> "drugstore" and be unaware that they'd need to separately map the >pharmacy >> counter in order to indicate that prescriptions may be filled >on-site. >> >> Currently, amenity=pharmacy is far and away more common than >shop=chemist >> in the U.S. as a way to tag drugstores. Certainly anyone retagging >> amenity=pharmacy to shop=chemist would be careful to add an >additional >> amenity=pharmacy POI where the pharmacy counter would be. (For a >typical >> Walgreens or CVS, it'd be next to the drive-through canopy.) However, >I >> have little faith that the average iD user would know to do the same, >since >> the word "drugstore", like "pharmacy", implies the sale of >prescription >> drugs. >> >> I've hashed out many of these points in [3], but I think the >discussion >> needs to involve the wider OSM community now. There's little chance >of data >> consumers and other editors updating their logic if the change is >only >> discussed in the iD project. >> >> [1] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/3201 >> [2] https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/issues/30 >> [3] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/3213 >> >> -- >> m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> talk...@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-us mailing list >talk...@openstreetmap.org >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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