> On May 17, 2015, at 9:01 AM, SomeoneElse <li...@atownsend.org.uk> wrote: > > On 17/05/2015 16:52, Paweł Marynowski wrote: >> Hi all, >> it looks like since 2010 there is no consensus about how to tag estate agent >> - shop vs. office. Quick look at taginfo gives clear information, that >> office=estate_agent is much more popular. >> > > Surely both are potentially valid? Some estate agents' premises are very > definitely shops, yet other estate agents work primarily from offices (where > the emphasis isn't on facing the customer there). >
Perhaps is it because I speak American rather than British, but to me a shop is a place where the item(s) I buy can be carried out, if not in a shopping bag then on a truck (lorry). Assuming that “estate agent” translates to “real estate agent”, I would expect them to work out of an office rather than out of a shop. Love the “bike shedding” that this list promotes. (Not really, but I was unaware of that term until I joined this list and it really does apply to nearly every tagging topic covered here.) Cheers, Tod
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