On 8 September 2010 05:03, Peter Körner <osm-li...@mazdermind.de> wrote: > I don't see a locksmith as a shop, even if it's usually called like that. In > german it's called dienst (service) so it should maybe be office=locksmith > but that doesn't match it either.
Most locksmith's here either have a stall type setup in shopping centres or have a shop, they cut keys and repair shoes, while they may practise a craft or trade, they usually operate out of a shop, unless they only do a mobile service which probably can't be tagged in any case. > Looking at the tag definition, it would be a craft because it's creating > custom-made things. How many lock smiths actually make something? The ones here sell and install alarm/security systems, cut keys etc... They don't make their own locks... >> optician (shop=optometrist), saddler >> >> (shop=saddlery) as that is how these are commonly referred to in >> english... > > My arguments for keeping them are similar to those above for > shop/craft=handicraft. There are always two parts involved: one is producing > and one is selling. Sometimes one is more important and sometimes the other > one. If both are similar important, there's no problem with adding both > tags. I think you'll find most stuff is made else where, possibly lowest bidder in china and imported in and sold through a shop, very few of those trades/crafts are actually practiced any more in the sense that you seem to be thinking... How many blacksmiths still make swords? How is this any different than a bakery, most small ones also have a shop front and you care more about the shop front than if they grind their own wheat... _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
