shop=vacant; empty stores should be marked vacant, not removed from map.
I think this is fine. shop=foo disused=yes doesn't work because often the idenity of a shop is removed as the landlord gets ready to re-lease, and it's just an empty room. shop=supplements; specialty food and dietary supplements. I thinh you mean 'dietary supplements, herbal remedies, and the kinds of food that are culturarlly associated with the crowd that buys supplements' :-) A shop that sells mostly fine cheeses wouldn't fit. shop=cash; non-bank cheque cashing or short term "payday" loans name is awkward, but valid point. shop=beauty; personal beauty services, tanning, nails, spa, etc. sounds good. 'solarium' appears to be British, and I think beauty is more likely to be readily apparent to those for whom English is a second language. shop=tobacco; specialty shop selling cigars, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, and accessories There's a far larger issue, which I noticed on Garmin's proprietary map data. When searching for A, how does one map the desire A to the category scheme, and then enter it, and get the right answer? For restaurants, is it "American" or "Steak/Grill"? Where's the boundary? For shops, many can be put into neatly divided categories, but near me for example there is a fish store that sells meat and beer/wine. Really it's of type shop and has a multivalued attribute for what it sells. That said, having a map where all stores are on it and mappers pick the best and we get on with things gets us 95% of the value - but I wanted to mention the semantics problem.
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