Hi all, We currently have separate tags for shop=doityourself (37 857 instances) and shop=hardware (24 674 instances).
The OSM wiki gives the following definitions: Do-it-yourself: | Do-It-Yourself-stores (DIY for short) are similar to hardware stores, except | they are generally larger and stock a wider range of products. | Products sold may include hand tools, power tools, self-assembly furniture, | decorating products, bathroom and kitchen furniture and fittings, garden | furniture, electrical goods, fencing, flooring, and more. Hardware: | A hardware store, sometimes known as an ironmongers shop in the UK, is | where you can buy screws and bolts, nails, hooks and other metal materials as | well as metal tools. | A hardware shop will often stock a wide range of products which can include | building, electrical, plumbing supplies, garden tools, power tools, kitchenware, | homeware, locks, keys, and a key-cutting. Where these types of product/service | are supplied in isolation, a different tag may be more appropriate. As you can see, these definitions are quite similar. Not surprisingly, taggers have problems with these definitions too. Some examples * Home Depot in the US is tagged home depot 1161 times as shop=doityourself, but also 148 times as shop=hardware. * True Value, according to the wiki a prototypical American hardware store, is tagged 74 times as shop=doityourself and 106 times as shop=hardware. * The Dutch shop Hubo, which might fit the Hardware definition better, is tagged 23 times as shop=doityourself and only 4 times as shop=hardware. Would it make sense to keep distinguishing between shop=doityourself and shop=hardware? If so, how could we make the difference more precise? -- Matthijs _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
