Hi, This is a spin off from the recent thread about imports, because I wanted to specifically talk about NaPTAN imports.
Having briefly scanned the various wiki pages, I get the impression that the NaPTAN data was imported, once, in 2009. What I can't see, or haven't found, is any discussion about how & how often this data is updated. NaPTAN (and associated NPTG) is a live data set, and is changing continually as bus stops are brought into use (e.g. new developments) and taken out of service. As I think I have mentioned, one of the reasons that I am now on this group is because of the adoption of OSM by a number of traveline regions, whose members are the very local authorities that create and maintain the NaPTAN data (including Nottingham/Nottinghamshire, since that was mentioned in the earlier thread). We therefore have an interest in making sure that the stop data on OSM is as up to date as the mapping. Is there an appetite within the community to maintain and update this data? And if so, how would we go about it, and how often might it be updated? For the record, the data set is change dated, and deleted records are retained in the data for reference until (eventually) being archived (although even then the stops are still contained in a separate archive file). So I think that the process of updating can be made a) robust, and b) reversible. Regards, Stuart
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