Resolved note #351126
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Came across this because we've had a photo of it on the OSM wiki for a long time. It has been used as an example of "mall" on one proposal. Incorrectly really. I would actually call this a "retail park", not a mall.
Anyway for the tagging, one thing which definitely seems wrong, is repeating the same tags across all the different buildings. Just as with schools and hospitals which have lots of buildings, we should have an outer area, perhaps including the car-parks, with some of the tags on it.
I think I would do it as an outer way with: landuse=retail + name=Dalton Park + website=http://www.dalton-park.co.uk (and yeah maybe not shop=mall ... not sure) Then just building=yes on the inside ways.
What d'you think?
- Created by Harry Wood
- Resolved by VehoMMC
- Location: 54.8155926, -1.3747287
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Absolutely. I think we run into the problem with mall; shop=mall is a) absolutely horrible, they arent shops; b) is US english; c) in US retail parks are called strip malls so mall still works. I have used landuse=retail with name & retail={shopping_centre|retail_park|...}. However the tag is very widely used, and for things such as shopping arcades too. I did a slide on this for SotM-Baltics. Will revisit the wiki page.
Furthermore this is an outlet centre which is different from your bog-standard retail park. For instance it's more likely to be a long-distance destination, range of shops is different (much more likely to be clothes than household goods). Just highlights that tagging in this area needs a lot of work.
Well this note has stood untouched for a year now. It's not ideal - we work with the tools/tags given. The outer is now marked retail park, the buildings are all just retail buildings now. It's as good as were likely to get and does indicated it's general use.