What is your linguistic frame of reference? In the UK, the word "junkyard" is not used often and I would go to a "scrapyard" (or even more likely a "breakers [yard]") for a "new" window for my old car.
Far better to use longer, more descriptive words/phrases which are less likely to lead to major differences in interpretation across the entire world, English-speaking and otherwise. We shouldn't be wasting energy arguing about whether to call an object a rubbish bin or a trash can. We could always call it a "wibble" so there are no winners, only losers, and everyone has to use a lookup table.... //colin On 2016-01-21 18:22, EthnicFood IsGreat wrote: >> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 06:12:23 +0700 >> From: Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> >> To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" >> <tagging@openstreetmap.org> >> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Tagging scrap yards, junkyards >> >> A waste transfer station is a different operation from this one, which is a >> place to store used parts for the long-term until someone buys them. The >> things stored therein are not waste but resellable parts. If I want a >> tail-light lens for a 1975 Ford, for example, the best place, often the >> only place, to get it would be at a junkyard/scrapyard. >> >> Thanks for the input. I've got some good ideas now. I now agree that adding >> the tags for shop=car_parts and second_hand=only would help describe this >> particular type of scrapyard quite nicely. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave > > I thought scrapyards and junkyards were two different entities. This > is how I think of them. > > Scrapyards are places whose primary purpose is to buy items that are > no longer wanted (typically metal objects) and then sell them for the > value of their raw materials. Junkyards are places whose primary > purpose is to sell intact vehicle parts from wrecks to people who are > repairing a vehicle. Definitely not the same thing. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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