On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Mike N <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/8/2012 7:49 AM, Josh Doe wrote: >> >> Seems all recent edits have been just adding Safeway stores: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Brian@Brea >> >> The edits seem good (adding building outlines), though I'm not sure >> about putting the store number in the name, I've always put that in the >> ref tag. What do you think, should we ask the user to change this? > > > I could see both sides of this - receipts are likely printed "Welcome to > Safeway #xxx", and so the map would appear correct and contain additional > detail. The disadvantage is that an exact match search for "Safeway" would > fail, depending on the search algorithm in use. It's not clear to me how > the ref field would be used in conjunction with buildings.
I see the appeal of the store number in the name if you are a Safeway insider. As an average mapper (or map consumer) that data seems unmaintainable. I'd have to zip inside each store and find the store number on a receipt or a plaque on the wall somewhere. I expect that fast food chains and other chains have store numbers as well, or ownership information that is more-correct from a legal point of view. I like the idea of having that data in OSM but I don't think that it belongs in the name tag. ref, perhaps or store:ref or something like that seems a much better place for it. Safeway insiders can still choose to render or search on the combined terms. Josh, could you suggest that the contributor use additional tags please? _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
