On 1/9/12 1:11 PM, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
wrote:
as there is that brand tag,
There's an operator tag. I've not seen "brand" as a tag.
brand is getting used heavily for gas stations, where it makes all kinds of
sense, given that gas sta
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT)
wrote:
> as there is that brand tag,
There's an operator tag. I've not seen "brand" as a tag.
> than using that would seem the best way to convey that the building is a
> Safeway, name
> being Safeway #xxx means it's the name of that partic
or the geocoder also applies.
>-Original Message-
>From: Nathan Edgars II [mailto:nerou...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 3:35 PM
>To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [Talk-us] User adding many Safeway grocery
>stores, with ref number in name
>
On 1/8/2012 9:17 AM, Mike N wrote:
I could see both sides of this - receipts are likely printed "Welcome to
Safeway #xxx", and so the map would appear correct and contain
additional detail. The disadvantage is that an exact match search for
"Safeway" would fail, depending on the search algorithm
On 1/8/2012 2:00 PM, andrzej zaborowski wrote:
It is certainly useful but the "ref" tag (like many other tags) is
popular enough that I think it's fair to say it's standard in OSM
tagging. So let's tag consistently and use this tag for reference
numbers.
This makes sense in this case. I've
On 8 January 2012 19:51, Mike N wrote:
> On 1/8/2012 1:31 PM, Toby Murray wrote:
>>
>> He has done good work mapping several Safeway subsidiaries throughout
>> the US. But yeah I agree the store number should go in the ref tag. We
>> don't really care about internal Safeway naming conventions... w
On 1/8/2012 1:31 PM, Toby Murray wrote:
He has done good work mapping several Safeway subsidiaries throughout
the US. But yeah I agree the store number should go in the ref tag. We
don't really care about internal Safeway naming conventions... we care
about how that data fits into OUR data model.
I actually contacted this person a while ago and kind of forgot to
follow up. I suggested putting the store number in the ref tag. Part
of his response:
"Hi, I am a Vons employe and as apart of my training we have been told
to call all stores as by their proper name like in Brea (the store I
work
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Mike N wrote:
> On 1/8/2012 7:49 AM, Josh Doe wrote:
>>
>> Seems all recent edits have been just adding Safeway stores:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Brian@Brea
>>
>> The edits seem good (adding building outlines), though I'm not sure
>> about putting the sto
On 1/8/2012 7:49 AM, Josh Doe wrote:
Seems all recent edits have been just adding Safeway stores:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Brian@Brea
The edits seem good (adding building outlines), though I'm not sure
about putting the store number in the name, I've always put that in the
ref tag. What
Seems all recent edits have been just adding Safeway stores:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Brian@Brea
The edits seem good (adding building outlines), though I'm not sure about
putting the store number in the name, I've always put that in the ref tag.
What do you think, should we ask the user t
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