Tag:shop=supermarket
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A large store for groceries and other goods.
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A supermarket is a large store for groceries and other goods. It's a full service grocery store that often sells a variety of non-food products as well. Almost always part of a chain, e.g. Tesco, Safeway. Stores that do not provide full service grocery departments are generally not considered supermarkets for historical reasons.
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How to map
As with other types of shops, place the shop=supermarket tag on a node 
at the centre point of the building, or draw a area 
around the building outline. Since supermarkets are normally big, they are more likely to be mapped as an area even where other shops are just nodes.
Similar tags
- shop=convenience - Typically much smaller than a supermarket, and typically carries a more limited selection of food items. One suggestion for distinguishing between a supermarket and a convenience shop, is that a supermarket is large enough to use trolleys.
- shop=variety_store - A price-point retailer selling inexpensive items. These can have aisles and trolleys but normally little or no food items.
- shop=general - A general store. Selling various things. This tag is a little unclear for various reasons, but a supermarket has more of an emphasis on food.
- shop=department_store (and Proposed features/department store) - a large store with multiple clothing and other general merchandise departments. These are less likely to have shopping trolleys and smooth floors for wheeling them. They have little or no area given over to food items, although some department stores may have a supermarket inside them as one of the departments.
Tags to use in combination
Where these amenities appear within a supermarket, you might use these tags in combination (on the same node/area). A preferred level detail, if you can determine a separate location, is to map them as separate objects:
Rendering
- Mapnik - rendered
- Osmarender - rendered
- OpenStreetBrowser - rendered
Related terms: supermarket. grocery store.
