name-suggestion-index VS openstreetmap-americana

The Name suggestion list is a collection of commonly used feature tags, to ensure consistency when mapping. If you've used iD or EveryDoor, you've encountered it.

If your editor supports name-suggestion-index (iD does), it should auto-tag for you when picking a well known company. So you could just enter something like JiffyLube and see that it uses shop=car_repair and use that tag for the shop you’re adding/modifying.

Why must there be another way? If you mean it's hard to contribute to, it does take a little bit of technical knowledge, but if you don't know how to do it, just post what you want to do on the "issues" or "discussion" section of the NSI github page and someone will help out.

For more detailed explanation - check https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index#readme

Nice for driving, but not for walking. Look how much pedestrian info is simply not rendered in my home area. Tons of stairs and walkways are not visible:

https://zelonewolf.github.io/openstreetmap-americana/#map=16...

- https://zelonewolf.github.io/openstreetmap-americana/ is a (vector) style that „applies cartographic practices that are characteristic of maps published in the United States.“

It's still very much in the early stages, but https://zelonewolf.github.io/openstreetmap-americana/ is a project to build a rendering system that handles details better. It's using OpenStreetMap data in the OpenMapTiles schema, but giving lots of feedback to OMT when something won't work.

(There's some attempt to make things look nice, but the focis is still on capabilities)

This is awesome! This reminds me of a project under active development right now called Americana. It's an online "slippy" map that seeks to render every highway shield in the United States, and use symbology reminiscent of old paper atlases. You might want to check it out -- link to map and link to project. There's also this talk that's worth watching, info about highway shields around 6:00. Some national OpenStreetMap organizations, like OSM France, have their own country-specific map styles featured on their homepages. Many American mappers are excited to adopt this one as ours.