On 7/30/10, ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:56:51PM +1000, Steve Bennett wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:13 PM, pavithran <pavithra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I like the trade=* but why call it shop=trade . I doesnt sound good . >> > Is there a restrictions on 'keys' can't there be a key called 'trade' >> >> The benefit of shop=* is that renderers can use a generic shop icon. >> >> My suggestion: >> >> shop=trade_supplies >> timber=yes >> concrete=yes >> soil=yes >> >> (much akin to amenity=fuel, octane91=yes, etc) > > > Many of these places sell a very wide range of goods, so something like > building_supplies is sufficiently general to cover such cases. > Individual tags for every line would not be feasible, even if the > average mapper could get the information, and it was stable over time. > > So I would be against that micro, or rather nano, mapping :-) > > ael > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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