On 2018-01-24 20:46, OSMDoudou wrote: > > Following the discussion here, I changed the mapping of the mall to > move tags from individual nodes to an area. > > > > For one shop, it attracted feedback from the commercial entity who > maintains its data on OpenStreetMap saying the change broke something > at their side. See the discussion on the changeset: [1]. > > > > I'm very glad a company enriches the map and actively maintains the > data (1700 nodes, they say), so I really want to support them and I > reverted the change. > > > > But as they're asking to maintain their shops tagged as node, this is > effectively asking the community refrains itself from improving the > tagging of the mall (following the idea that shops are better mapped > as areas than nodes), and this is not in the interest of the community > (which is to have a complete, coherent, accurate and maintained > mapping of the place). > > > > So, I wanted to ask your views on how to deal with this situation. > A shop is, as surprising as it may seem, not a building but an activity that takes place somewhere. In a conventional building or anywhere: in a tent, in a hall, on the side of the street etc. It can be tagged on a building or any area or on a node inside it, which is the preference that I see around here. The advantage of a node is best seen when you try to add several shops tags to the same building/area: a nightmare. Doing it with a number of nodes is just straightforward. Also, a node is usable if you know too little of the geometry of the area to map it decently. I have often drawn buildings around shop nodes that were already there. It's really nice to see people map their belongings. Usually, the opposite happens: they completely ignore messages telling them it has been done.
Cheers André. > > > [1] > https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/55640175#map=19/50.45645/3.93247 > >
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