Seems the stores you listed are going to have different tags, example the 'dollar' stores are probably best tagged shop=variety_store, the wiki has a pretty extensive list/description of the shop tags here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shop
However, I would say that K-Mart, Target, and Wal-Mart (especially the 'super' kind) maybe don't fit any of the documented tags; I think there was some talk about adding a "big_box" or "superstore", maybe hit up the tagging talk-list to see if that's still in the works. =Russ -----Original Message----- From: Will Skora [mailto:skorasau...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:49 AM To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-us] Tags to use for chain stores in the United States Hi, At past OSM meetups that I've organized, new mappers have asked me what shop=* tags to use for several chain stores in the USA and I had not found any clear or consistent practices of what tags to use for these stores and even as a relatively experienced mapper, I wasn't sure what tags to encourage them to use. I am writing to hear what you've used, which ones are most popular, and perhaps the US community could build a consensus on them (gasp!). For example, several chain stores that we have wondered about include: K-Mart, Target, Wal-Mart, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, 'Bed, Bath, and Beyond'; TJ Maxx; Marshall's; Radio Shack; Meijer's; Kohl's; Costco; BJ's; and Big Lots. I know there's taginfo (including one for the US! taginfo.openstreetmap.us) but unfortunately, it doesn't let you find out what tag combinations are being used with a name=* (For example, finding what tag is used most often with name=Dollar-General). Regards, Will Skora _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us