On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 08:19:16AM +1000, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 21:32, ael via Tagging <tagging@openstreetmap.org> > wrote: > > I invented the shop=trade after a suggestion on this list to consider > > subtags. > > > I was thinking about it & wondered about changing shop=trade to > shop=trade_supply (which may be a more accurate description anyway?)
Not keen on that, and it would change existing usage. > I'm wondering if it would be? > > We'd have shop=trade_supply + trade=electrical for the wholesale outlet, shop=trade was not intended just for wholesale. There are many retailers who also have special services for various trades. The tag was explicitly meant to include those sorts of places. > But perhaps business=plumbing could work and would be simpler? > > I have always thought it odd that "business" was not used much as a tag. > > Many of the uses of "office" seem to me to really mean "business". > > > > That's not a bad thought either! > > > > That could even be > > business=trade trade=plumbing > > if people think that business alone is to all encompassing. But it is > > probably best to keep it simple. > > > > Could be done either way. My preference on reflection. I don't think the multiple use of the trade tag should cause any problems, especially since the semantics is very similar. But I haven't given it much thought, so I could be wrong. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging