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Pleatst troch NE2 op 7 oktober 2012 yn it English.

osm.org/browse/way/164884006

add:description = Mapping your location can make your business more visible on Google Maps, smart phones, and vehicle navigation systems, showing your potential customers right where you are located.

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Reäksje fan !i! op 7 oktober 2012 om 09.26 oere

WTF? But seems to be a human :/

Reäksje fan OliverG op 7 oktober 2012 om 10.42 oere

Interesting tag names… “add:Business Type:”, “add:description”, “add:phone”, “add:web site link”… Also, “source = City of Paso Robles” - does that make any sense at all?

Reäksje fan robert op 7 oktober 2012 om 12.05 oere

“add:Business Type: = Internet Marketing”

I think says it all.

Reckon you should hit them with a cluebat.

Reäksje fan NE2 op 7 oktober 2012 om 13.31 oere

Yes, the source makes sense. Look in the history - the building comes from an import. I suppose imports do make it easier for new users to add information…

Reäksje fan Chaos99 op 7 oktober 2012 om 13.35 oere

So, has someone contacted the user?

Reäksje fan NE2 op 7 oktober 2012 om 13.39 oere

Not I - I have no interest in arguing with a spammer</a> internet marketing consultant.

Reäksje fan z-dude op 8 oktober 2012 om 03.06 oere

So, we can have a coffee shop put themselves on the map, or a restaurant, but if someone works out of his house you have to pounce on him?

What about a B&B, that’s someone working out of their house as well.

I think the edit should be reverted. If he wants to have a business name on his house, then let him.

Reäksje fan robert op 8 oktober 2012 om 08.51 oere

I don’t think people are really objecting to the business name being put on - it’s just that it’s been done in a rather clueless way showing their complete misunderstanding of how mapping works.

Reäksje fan NE2 op 8 oktober 2012 om 18.50 oere

For me, it would depend on whether a customer could walk up and do business, or whether this person simply works from home and maybe invites clients over after creating a working relationship.

As for the specifics, this seems to be a multi-tenant building. This can be problematic even in the case of a typical office building, but certainly a building is not named after one of its tenants.

Reäksje fan NE2 op 8 oktober 2012 om 18.57 oere

Not usually named after one of its tenants, that is. Generally only named as such if that tenant is the owner or the primary user.

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