Hi Jon, Apologies if this is obvious but here goes...
I don't know whether you need to do anything other than visit these places in person and make a judgement as to whether they are trading or not. It's usually pretty clear with closure notices posted, etc. Then update the map accordingly by adding the appropriate disused tag: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:disused: Regards, *Paul* On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 at 09:48, Jon Spriggs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Near where I am are some mapped businesses properties which have closed, > primarily shops, but also a couple of restaurants. > > I'm far from an OSM expert, and my gentle trawl of the wiki hasn't given > me any real insight. It's got me thinking, and I'd like to improve > information about properties in my area. How can I identify that: > > a) A building holds a functioning business (that isn't a shop or > restaurant) > b) A building holds a functioning shop > c) A building holds a functioning restaurant > d) A building is a former business property (ceased trading/closed/moved) > with no new business taking it's spot > > As a side note, I've been using Street Complete on Android. Is it worth > asking the Street Complete developers to add information about businesses > to their collection data, if they aren't already? > -- > Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs > @jontheniceguy everywhere... > https://jon.sprig.gs > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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