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Chains/Places Harmonisation

Post by YanisKyr
Hi guys, let's discuss options of harmonising chains on this card.

A few points worth noting:
- the search function values alternative names a lot even though they remain invisible in the app
- search results show the street and city which helps picking a result
- short POI names remain visible on the map for longer (depending on how crowded the surroundings are)

See attachments below for example search results for "Aldi Ashbourne" Or "Tesco Ashbourne" - I was abroad at the time of the screenshots and I was expecting to see 1 Mega Meter for this distance :mrgreen: :lol:

Let's keep all entries in this Google Spreadsheet:



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Post by FaustasL
No, I can't find it.
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Thank you very much for help!
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Post by JCSpeedy514
Let me know if I’m posting in the wrong thread for this.

My query is: is it considered more beneficial to users to distinguish between CircleK and CircleK express? 

I have a CircleK fuel card, which can be used in either “CircleK” or “CircleK Express” stations. The downside of having these two categories is that a CircleK fuel card holder would have to choose between the two if we wanted a preferred brand. (I know—it’s a hard life! 😅)

Are there reasonable arguments in favour of splitting the brand based on whether the station is owned by CircleK or part of the CircleK franchise (which is what I believe “CircleK Express” is)?

Or would it be better to merge the brands but to perhaps distinguish them in the Name? 

For example:

Brand: CircleK 
Name: CircleK Express Youghal Road

Brand: CircleK
Name: CircleK Dundrum Road
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Post by Kevintiobraid
My own preference is only to have the type of store for supermarkets, e.g. Tesco Metro or just Supervalu, rather than the town or location name as well. It gets a bit unwieldy otherwise. The street and town will always appear in the search results, as seen in Yanis's screenshot, so you will have reassurance that you are going to the right one. Tesco Metro Ashbourne could be an alternative name.
For hotels, its always helpful to have the full name as given by the hotel, Jurys Inn Parnell Street.
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Post by Rainking_IE
Hi JCSpeedy514, sorry for the delayed reply to your query.

The reason to separate them is due to some differences between the services available. Claiming "Rewards" (the treats you get from points) and "Perks" (Car wash and other discounts such as AA fuel discount) are not available in the Express locations.
 
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Post by YanisKyr
Entries in the table of the 1st post should be considered placeholders and up for debate.
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Post by YanisKyr
Tesco have "grades" for their shops (express, metro, superstore, extra).

My suggestion on this chain is to use Tesco [grade]/Tesco [store-name]/https://tesco.ie
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Post by YanisKyr
Great idea with the Google Sheets. I created the file, linked it in the first post as read-only for now, and also included columns for Categories, Type, and Lock. I wasn't aware we can embed them in Wazeopedia and that's great news because tables in the forum and Wazeopedia are rather hard to manage.

Submissions at the moment in this post; if the feedback is overwhelming we'll consider a form.
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Post by YanisKyr
Kevintiobraid wrote:My own preference is only to have the type of store for supermarkets, e.g. Tesco Metro or just Supervalu, rather than the town or location name as well. It gets a bit unwieldy otherwise. The street and town will always appear in the search results, as seen in Yanis's screenshot, so you will have reassurance that you are going to the right one. Tesco Metro Ashbourne could be an alternative name.
The locality might be useful if there are more than one places in the same town, or if the road name is blank and the town isn't adding much info either.
davidg666 wrote:One thing I need to check out (to firm up my opinion) is what Carplay shows in search results - it might not be as useful as what's shown on the phone. I'll check at the weekend and report back...
It would be interesting to see how Android Auto shows stuff. I've never ever used it myself, haven't even seen it in action.
davidg666 wrote:About the spreadsheet: Yanis, can you enable suggestions? The chain name for Aldi is "Aldi", not "ALDI".
Actual chain name for Aldi is ALDI - that's how they call themselves. Not sure I get you here.

On the suggestions, do you not think this thread is enough for now?

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