Multiple tagging questions

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I found a few features that I couldn’t figure out how to tag

  1. A shop that sells clothes and sandals (the shop=* key can only be used once)
  2. A shop that sells only helmets
  3. Shops that sell car batteries only
  4. Car accessory shops
  5. A shop that sells only coconuts
  6. A set of streets which host markets on the streetsides every sunday
  7. Streets that are blocked every sunday due to said markets
  8. Tender coconut salesman on the road side (and other street vendors who sell at the same location)
  9. Informal parking spaces
  10. Sweet shops
  11. Hybrid uses of land (Eg: parking / pitch depending on time of day)
  12. Land plot numbers
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There are way too many scenarios here for a single post. You would be better off finding some way to break this into smaller, more atomic pieces.

In general, whenever I encounter something new to me and I’m unsure how to tag it, I look for similar things that have already been mapped, and then I mimic what the other mappers did. This approach takes some creativity. For example, if there’s a chance another location under the same parent company exists elsewhere, then I’ll hit the search box on OpenStreetMap.org to see if another one is mapped. I may also see if I can find the business’s website, which typically lists if they have multiple locations, then I’ll get on OpenStreetMap and fly to the areas where their other locations should be. If these two strategies fail, I’ve also resorted to searching outside of OpenStreetMap, such as on DuckDuckGo.

Another handy tool for discovering tags and the values other mappers are using is TagInfo.

Good luck!

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Answers to a number of these are going to depend on just how they are done in your area, so you should also ask in your local community thread.

But running through them very quickly:

  1. shop=clothes
  2. " "
  3. shop=car_repair
  4. shop=car_parts
  5. shop=greengrocer
  6. amenity=marketplace
  7. Would be a conditional access on the street
  8. shop=confectionary
    8, 9 & 11 would need more info
    12 would depend on local custom

I hasten to add that this is how I would probably tag these items - other people may have different thoughts.

Anything shop related, the general shop wiki Key:shop - OpenStreetMap Wiki is a good place to start!

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Why do you suggest tagging a shop that sells car batteries as shop=car_repair and not shop=car_parts like you suggest for the accessory shop? I would think they should both be shop=car_parts.

Edit: After looking at the wiki, I am certain that shop=car_parts would be appropriate for a shop that sells car batteries but does not replace them. On shop=car_repair there is the language “Do not use this tag for a store that sells car/automobile parts. For that, use shop=car_parts.”

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Either / or as both work!