I've been using the operator tag for library branches (where name is the branch name, and operator is the library system). Same could be done with schools within a school district. Does this seem like a reasonable use for the operator tag?
Side note: John, Do you seriously check health certificates before tagging restaurants? On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:40 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13 July 2010 06:25, Pieren <[email protected]> wrote: >> Then now the question : how can we determin if we use 'name' or 'operator' >> if it is one or the other ? e.g. restaurants or hotel might or might not be >> part of a chain, thus might be tagged with 'name' or 'operator'. Shall know >> the door to ask ? > > name v operator is simple for restaurants in western countries since > the official business name=* will be on the health certificate issued > by what ever government department is in charge of public health and > safety. Where as the operator=* tag is usually on the sign board out > the front the restaurant... Obviously other places of business will > have official name=* but the business certificate probably wouldn't > need to be on display like health certifications... > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
