> Mapping small shops is probably of limited use, but I do try to remove > the bias of what I do map and sometimes the only way is to map > everything. As a community dominated by male geeks we do tend to > add POIs in the order of pubs, take aways, food shops, petrol stations.
> That said pubs are a traditional landmark in the UK and have been used > to give directions since long before OSM. In the modern world > supermarkets are becoming equally important navigation points. It is > certainly important to add these, and they are useful to be able to search > when in a strange area. I am unlikely to want to find Brantano, but many > a time I have needed to find Tesco/Asda when away from home. Phil, I certainly didn't mean to suggest that people shouldn't many ANY shops, and clearly doing so adds a richness to the mapping layer so long as you can avoid map clutter. There are definitely categories of navigation milestones that people look for, and in addition to pubs & supermarkets that would also include Post Offices, petrol stations... I'm sure we can think of others. Rather, my point was more that people were getting hung up on (as I see it) minutiae when there are other things to address. Regards, Stuart _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
