Konstantin Pastbin

The issue mentioned public transport ticket vending machines - makes sense. Re other vending machines (e.g. drinks, coffee) it could be some small unknown companies operating them... But IDK really....

> The issue mentioned public transport ticket vending machines - makes sense. > > Re other vending machines (e.g. drinks, coffee) it could be some small unknown companies operating them......

> The operator tag is translated as an "Owner" which is wrong - there is a separate owner tag for that. (first point in https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/1948, ref [osm wiki](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator#Owner_or_brand_name_isn't_necessarily_the_operator)) Also seeing...

Yeap maybe a reason there was a limited hand-picked list of feature types for which we took "operator" is that its highly likely that operator == owner (or == brand)...

I.e. in general an "operator" looks like a very niche information to be displayed. Users are mostly interested in "brands" (chain names, etc).

E.g. ``` name = Burger King operator = Restaurant Brands International ``` https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4246568489 ``` name = Burger King operator = ULM ``` https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2300171837

Sometimes they are not good even for fuel stations: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/63848074  Maybe "operator" should be ignored if there is a "brand" or "network"?

Ref: a short prior discussion about feasibility of this feature: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/pull/8481#discussion_r1657682966

I think its a useful one for developers and some power / enthusiast users as well. It'd be possible to check many things on the go without desktop access. E.g....

Thanks to this feature in just several minutes I've found several cases when a useful type is not displayed in PP: - https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/8590