Hi Andy, Am 2017-09-27 um 17:57 schrieb Andy Townsend: > On 27/09/2017 15:35, John F. Eldredge wrote: >> The spatial information will tell you where each business location is; >> it is not sufficient to tell you whether these are multiple locations >> of the same brand, or two unrelated brands that share the same name >> and category of business. > > Can anyone think of an example where two unrelated brands share the same > name and category of business in the same geographical area?
Netto in Germany. Both companies have shops in some German states. Officially, one of them is called "Netto Marken-Discount" and the other one just "Netto". But people call them both "Netto" and there are multiple towns and cities which have both Netto and Netto shops. Because you cannot expect any OSM mapper to add more than name=* and shop=supermarket, you cannot decided without additional sources which brand a Netto supermarket belongs to. Best regards Michael -- Per E-Mail kommuniziere ich bevorzugt GPG-verschlüsselt. (Mailinglisten ausgenommen) I prefer GPG encryption of emails. (does not apply on mailing lists)
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