I don’t know what the categories should be, or if we should have them, but we should just try to finalize something that can handle additional tag values without tearing the scab off of the tagging method each time - Whatever that tagging method is.
Javbw > On Jan 26, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 26/01/2015 12:44 PM, johnw wrote: >> Or does this go back to it should be "shop:jewelry=watches" or "shop=jewelry >> + jewelry=watches " problem? >> >> Javbw >> >> If so, then lets try to decide on a flat or categorized system that can >> handle new additions without a lot of hemming and hawing every time a new >> shop type is suggested. There will always be outliers or item specific >> shops that would make a flat system have a plethora of tags. >> >> >> > If that is so then things like butcher, greengrocer would be > shop=food > food = meat, fruit and vegetables etc > > I don't mind either way .. but you and OSM should be consistent. >> >> Javbw. >> >> >>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> FYI: Shops selling watches can still be found in Thailand although most are >>> probably sold in the watch department of the bigger department stores. >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:30 AM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com >>> <mailto:j...@jfeldredge.com>> wrote: >>> On January 25, 2015 9:01:44 AM CST, Friedrich Volkmann <b...@volki.at >>> <mailto:b...@volki.at>> wrote: >>> On 25.01.2015 11:46, Severin Menard wrote: >>> I did not find anything on the Map Features regarding shop selling watches, >>> what is quite common both in Europe and South America (at least). >>> >>> shop=jewelry >>> >>> Watches came out of use when people got mobile phones. The only remaining >>> reason to wear watches is to show off. That's why all jewelries sell >>> watches, and you'll hardly find any shop that sells nothing but watches. >>> >>> I tried, briefly, using my cell phone instead of a watch, and found it less >>> convenient to pull out my phone to check the time, versus glancing at my >>> wrist. It is still common to see people wearing watches. I now wear a >>> smartwatch, meaning that I can check who called or texted me without having >>> to pull out and unlock my phone. >>> >>> -- >>> John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com <mailto:j...@jfeldredge.com> >>> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot >>> drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dave Swarthout >>> Homer, Alaska >>> Chiang Mai, Thailand >>> Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com >>> <http://dswarthout.blogspot.com/>_______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging>
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