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Bike stores should therefore update their OSM data

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The public map data from OpenStreetMap (OSM) is becoming increasingly important and forms the basis for most map applications. Bike stores are mapped across the board, but they should include opening times and brands.

In addition to the topo data, more and more applications are also drawing additional information from the OpenStreetMap data set. For bike stores, for example, this also includes opening hours or the bike brands in the product range. Platforms such as Ride take this information from the OSM data set.

OpenStreetMap is an open dataset that anyone can edit. We therefore recommend that all bike stores update the metadata for their businesses. The brands and opening hours are recorded using the following tags (sample data):
  • brand=Specialized;Orbea
  • opening_hours=Tu-Fri 10:00-13:00,14:30-18:00; Sat 09:00-15:00; Su,Mon off

As soon as someone updates data on OpenStreetMap, it is automatically transferred to applications such as Komoot, Outdooractive, Opencyclemap or Ride with a slight time delay and does not have to be entered there separately.

Reference bike store with complete and exemplary information (including brands and opening hours):
openstreetmap.org/node/4339767872

 

Further information on the mapping of bike stores in OpenStreetMap:

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