2010/1/12 Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Stephen Hope <slh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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 :) > > IMHO, business=* would work better and cause less hand-wringing over > where the line is. My apologies if I've already suggested this.
so we end up with an equally useless category of business in addition to amenity... _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
