On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Toby Murray <toby.mur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Peter Dobratz <pe...@dobratz.us> wrote: > > Ilya, > > > > Here's a Walmart that's been built in the last few years I recently > added to > > OSM: > > > > http://audit.osmz.ru/browse/walmart/5935 > > > > What's currently in OSM represents my own mapping style, but I think it's > > worth discussing the differences before you change them across the whole > > country. > > > > > > If I read this correctly, you are planning on changing the top-level tag > > from shop=department_store to shop=supermarket. I have been using > > shop=supermarket only for Walmarts branded as "Walmart Neighborhood > Market" > > and using shop=department_store for all other Walmarts. For me the main > > distinction is that most Walmarts have departments for things like > clothing > > and electronics that don't exist in the "Walmart Neighborhood Market" > > stores. > > This was my first thought as well but apparently we are wrong. The > wiki is actually fairly clear about it: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dsupermarket > > Under the "Similar Tags" section on that page: > "A department store that sells a full selection of groceries (e.g. > Walmart Supercentre) which is often called a "hypermarket" should be > tagged shop=supermarket" > > And over on the shop=department_store page it says that only > non-supercenter stores should use the department_store tag. > > I'm not saying it makes sense to me... but this is apparently the > convention. Decided upon by... someone :) > > Toby > OSM user andrewpmk added similar language in May 2015 to both the shop=supermarket and shop=department_store wiki pages describing that a shop=department_store becomes a shop=supermarket if there is a section for selling fresh grocery items. The wiki change comments don't give any rationale for the new wording, and to me the idea is counterintuitive. I have attempted to communicate with user andrewpmk in the past, but never received any response. Is anyone aware of a discussion that took place prior to introducing these changes to the wiki? Thanks, Peter
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