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Posted by NE2 on 7 October 2012 in 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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په 7 October 2012 په 09:26 باندې د !i! تبصره

WTF? But seems to be a human :/

په 7 October 2012 په 10:42 باندې د OliverG تبصره

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?

په 7 October 2012 په 12:05 باندې د robert تبصره

“add:Business Type: = Internet Marketing”

I think says it all.

Reckon you should hit them with a cluebat.

په 7 October 2012 په 13:31 باندې د NE2 تبصره

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…

په 7 October 2012 په 13:35 باندې د Chaos99 تبصره

So, has someone contacted the user?

په 7 October 2012 په 13:39 باندې د NE2 تبصره

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

په 8 October 2012 په 03:06 باندې د z-dude تبصره

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.

په 8 October 2012 په 08:51 باندې د robert تبصره

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.

په 8 October 2012 په 18:50 باندې د NE2 تبصره

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.

په 8 October 2012 په 18:57 باندې د NE2 تبصره

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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