Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-24 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 23 Oct 2008, at 22:17, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Bob Jonkman wrote: >> In my locality there is a gas station (petrol station) which has >> the name >> "Elmira Service Centre", is it owned and operated by Norm >> Stanaitis, and >> it has a prominent banner for "UPI" brand gasoline, rec

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Bob Jonkman wrote: > In my locality there is a gas station (petrol station) which has the name > "Elmira Service Centre", is it owned and operated by Norm Stanaitis, and > it has a prominent banner for "UPI" brand gasoline, recently switched from > "Pioneer" brand gasoline. The locals all r

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Dirk-Lüder Kreie
Bob Jonkman schrieb: In my locality there is a gas station (petrol station) which has the name "Elmira Service Centre", is it owned and operated by Norm Stanaitis, and it has a prominent banner for "UPI" brand gasoline, recently switched from "Pioneer" brand gasoline. The locals all refer to th

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Bob Jonkman
In my locality there is a gas station (petrol station) which has the name "Elmira Service Centre", is it owned and operated by Norm Stanaitis, and it has a prominent banner for "UPI" brand gasoline, recently switched from "Pioneer" brand gasoline. The locals all refer to this station as "Stanai

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread David Earl
On 23/10/2008 12:18, Dave Stubbs wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:05 PM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I notice there is increasing use of a tag brand=... for things like >> shops, fuel, banks, atms etc. This seems like a good idea to me, as the >> name of something ("Murkets Corner f

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Rory McCann
On 23/10/08 12:16, Skywave wrote: > I have been using myself the operator=tag for this kind of stuff. Any > opinion if brand= is more suitable than operator+. I've been using operator=... for things like ATMs. Rory ___ talk mailing list talk@openstree

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Hendrik T. Voelker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Skywave wrote: >> I have been using myself the operator=tag for this kind of stuff. Any >> opinion if brand= is more suitable than operator+. > > Even though the differentiation might be a thin line, but they are two

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Hendrik T. Voelker
Skywave wrote: > I have been using myself the operator=tag for this kind of stuff. Any > opinion if brand= is more suitable than operator+. Even though the differentiation might be a thin line, but they are two different things. Just consider franchise concepts The operator of a patrol station i

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 23 Oct 2008, at 12:18, Dave Stubbs wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:05 PM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I notice there is increasing use of a tag brand=... for things like shops, fuel, banks, atms etc. This seems like a good idea to me, as the name of something ("Murkets Corne

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:05 PM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I notice there is increasing use of a tag brand=... for things like > shops, fuel, banks, atms etc. This seems like a good idea to me, as the > name of something ("Murkets Corner filling station") can be different > from its

Re: [OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread Skywave
I have been using myself the operator=tag for this kind of stuff. Any opinion if brand= is more suitable than operator+. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:05 PM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I notice there is increasing use of a tag brand=... for things like > shops, fuel, banks, atms etc. This

[OSM-talk] brand=...

2008-10-23 Thread David Earl
I notice there is increasing use of a tag brand=... for things like shops, fuel, banks, atms etc. This seems like a good idea to me, as the name of something ("Murkets Corner filling station") can be different from its branding ("Shell"). Often you'd use them interchangeable ("Starbucks" doesn'