Hi Srravya, Yes, Ration shops spread across India. We can easily map these shops using these combination of OpenStreetMap tags.
1. "building = yes" and operator:type = * ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator:type) 2. shop = convenience would be better as I feel. Best, Chetan OSM: Chetan_Gowda On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Srravya C <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The Public Distribute System (PDS)[1] provides food items (including oil > and sugar) at subsidized prices. There are about 5,00,000 fair price shops > (also commonly known as ration shops) across the country in the PDS network > and over 30,000 shops in Tamil Nadu[2]. > > What would be the best way to map these shops? A combination of building = > civic or public and shop = convenience or general? > > A fair price shop does not have as many items as a convenience store. It > sells limited items at a subsidized price. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_distribution_system > [2] https://www.tnpds.gov.in/pages/reports/pds-report-state.xhtml > > > Cheers, > Srravya > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > >
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