On 26 June 2018 10:24:16 BST, Selfish Seahorse <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 at 11:01, Martin Koppenhoefer ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sorry for writing again, but I believe this discussion shows that the >term shop=discount is not self-explaining at all. It evokes different >thoughts in different people / national contexts. In Germany, the term >"discounter" is clearly defined, but it doesn't seem this is a >statement that can be shared globally. As it isn't much used either, we >should probably discourage the use all together. >> >> I have put a list of common names on these objects in the wiki, as it >will help people familiar with the brands to understand what kind of >shop was tagged: >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Ddiscount >> most used values are Poundland and Poundworld. > >Concluding from their names and websites, Poundland and Poundworld are >variety stores, not discount stores. This list seem to confirm your >observation that shop=discount may not be self-explanatory globally. > >Any objections if I retag Poundland and Poundworld stores as >shop=variety_store? > No objection but one of them is on its way out of business so we will soon need to retag them as closed and survey what takes their place.
I do get the two mixed up, they both seem the same to me, but saw the Meole Brace shop is closing and checking OSM it is Poundworld. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
