2010/1/8 Pieren <pier...@gmail.com>: > I would like but we need some clear definition about "office" and what > makes the difference with the existing "amenity" and "shop" keys. > For instance, the current definition of shop in Map Features is: > "A shop is a place of business stocked with goods for sale or where a > service is provided to the general public." > Should be the "service" removed from the shop definition and says > that's exclusively for goods retail ? Then "office" would be "Any > private/business/customer services where there is no goods exchanged" > ? Should we exclude the public services (staying in amenity) ?
If I go to a tattooist, he doesn't sell me any goods, he provides a service. But I would call that shop, not an office. On the other hand, I can buy stuff at places that I would consider to be offices. My vet sells medicines, special dog food, etc, and I've been to an accountant/lawyer's office who had a couple of related items (business software, tax books, etc) they stocked as a service for their customers. I don't think there can be a rule based just on whether you can buy goods - maybe it should be "where exchange of goods is not the primary purpose"? I can't easily give you a rule as to what an office is, but I can tell one when I see it :) Stephen _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk