Is it okay to push this to voting again? Regards
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:08 PM, John Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 25, 2017, at 8:46 PM, Tobias Wrede <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 25.04.2017 um 11:21 schrieb John Willis: > > If I search for a supermarket and you send me to a 7-11, you failed. > > > I partly agree but when I tag Walmart or Trader Joe's as a supermarket's > brand that carries a clear expectation towards the assortment of the store. > > > > I didn’t send it to the mailing list by accident: here is the message he > is quoting from in it’s entirety > > Javbw > > > ~~~~~ > > > > On Apr 25, 2017, at 8:43 PM, Tobias Wrede <[email protected]> wrote: > > a supermarket's brand that carries a clear expectation towards the > assortment of the store. > > > This is true for all businesses in all counties. The regional assumption > of what goods/services are available varies not only by "brand", but what > each type of shop offers varies by culture - similar to what is available > at a "drug store" and a "pharmacy". A drug store in the US often has a > prescription pharmacy in the back. > What is considered a "prescription" and what is OTC is similar to the > regional variation with of what is offered at a supermarket or a post > office, but at least there is a clear separation between OTC and > prescription drugs in most countries. > > A Supermarket or department store o might also have most of what a drug > store offers and a pharmacy (like target did). But in other cultures, for > cultural or legal reasons, they might be separated, like here in Japan. So > there is a need for both a "pharmacy" (chemist?) and a "drug store". > > Whereas in the US, we would need a way to tag the prescription pharmacy as > an amenity offered by a drug store or a department store. > > I cannot think of a "pharmacy" shop that only sells perception medication > and nothing else in the US - they are are (seemingly) always part of a > larger drug store that sells chocolate and vitamins and OTC drugs and other > not-drug stuff the Prescription drugs are just another thing they offer. > But in Japan, the OTC stuff is separated from the prescription stuff, and a > prescription shop is very tiny and sells (basically) only perceptions, > nothing else _at all_. > > Trying to tie them together saying "they both sell medicines" and "we can > separate them by brand" and "we have so many variations we need to tag them > in a different manner" breaks the tagging system for all of them > completely, and does little to address the need for the "amenity" tag > needed to add it onto larger businesses that offer an entire business' > service as a department in their store - like a garden center at DIY shop, > a custom-order cake shop inside a supermarket, or package drop-off&pickup > for a courier at a convenience store. > > Javbw. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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