On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 at 00:29, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 22:17, Paul Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul. I'm not saying you're wrong, & yes, I'll agree that wikipedia does, > but when you do a general search for "Types of mobile home", most of the > results from the US, UK & Australia discuss semi-permanent or static homes > on site eg > [...] What you're saying is that "mobile home" is not generally used by the industry as a generic category. And in many places, not as a specific category (or not any more). But we've also established that the industry doesn't seem to have a name for the generic category. But what the hey, let;'s go against the literal meaning of the words, let's >> ignore what is used in >> practice by the industry in various countries and let's change existing >> wiki definitions because >> reasons. And, while we're at it, let's change the two pertinent >> Wikipedia pages to match our >> alternative reality. >> > > How's it put? (was mentioned again only a week or so ago but I've > forgotten the exact wording) - in OSM, words mean their OSM definition, not > necessarily what they mean in the real world! > Which means it's not unreasonable to use "mobile home" as a generic category. Especially as that main tag would be accessed by editor presets for specific categories. Search for caravan (or US equivalent) and the preset for shop=mobile home + sells=caravan would be loaded, with options to add sells=rv or whatever. BTW, although OSM definitions don't always match real-world definitions there is no requirement that OSM definitions should go against real-world definitions and many good reasons to avoid such conflict if at all possible. But instead you wish to take a term used by one country or another as a specific category and turn it into a generic category. Or make many shop=caravan and shop=rv tags and ignore the problem of places that sell both caravans and RVs. -- Paul
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