Best not to use the type key for anything other than relation types (such as type=multipolygon).
-- Andrew ________________________________________ From: Mark Goodge <m...@good-stuff.co.uk> Sent: 19 February 2018 15:33:10 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] New Post Office Data and Comparison Tool On 19/02/2018 14:37, David Woolley wrote: > On 19/02/18 13:29, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: >> The raw branch list data can be found at >> http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postoffice/data/ and it licensed under >> the Open Government Licence v3. It includes ID numbers, branch names, >> addresses, locations, and opening hours. > > What does type=Crown mean, as one of those near me is marked as this, > but is actually a concession in a W H Smith's? A Crown Post Office is one that is either managed directly by Post Office Ltd, or is provided as part of a national franchise agreement with a major retailer. AIUI, WH Smith is, so far, the only retailer that has currently entered into such an arrangement, but I may be wrong. The difference between a franchised Crown Post Office and a normal sub Post Office is that in the latter, the management of the Post Office and the non-PO retail are the same (typically, of course, a village shop that combines the role of Post Office and general store), whereas in a Crown franchise, the Post Office section is managed separately to the normal retail operation even if they share non-managerial staff. Mark _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
