NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum

What is the correct / preferred way of tagging ethnic grocery shops selling the likes of Chinese, Thai, Indian etc foods, ingredients and utensils? Tag shop= (what value?) Thanks for guidance. Graham

asked 29 Jun '13, 11:01

NZGraham's gravatar image

NZGraham
1.8k122649
accept rate: 17%


If any grocery outlet specialises in selling products from a particular region, the usual way I use for tagging is to tag it as a shop=grocery or shop=convenience and add a cuisine tag. So for example there are many convenience stores in the UK run by Poles which will sell a whole range of items which are distinctively polish. I tag these shop=convenenience, cuisine=polish.

The cuisine tag was created for restaurants and fast_food, but serves equally well here.

permanent link

answered 29 Jun '13, 15:36

SK53's gravatar image

SK53 ♦
28.1k48268433
accept rate: 22%

Thanks SK53 - very logical answer! Just shows the flexibility of OSM tagging. Graham

(30 Jun '13, 06:04) NZGraham
Your answer
toggle preview

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

  • *italic* or _italic_
  • **bold** or __bold__
  • link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
  • image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
  • numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
  • to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
  • basic HTML tags are also supported

Question tags:

×930
×71
×1

question asked: 29 Jun '13, 11:01

question was seen: 3,379 times

last updated: 30 Jun '13, 06:04

NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum