On Tuesday 08 April 2008 14:53:40 graham wrote:
> Steve Hill wrote:
> > How are people tagging bus stops? I have been setting tagging nodes that
> > are members of the way, which means they are part of the road they are
> > on. Is this the right way to do it? It seems right since it
> > unambiguously shows which road the stop is on, but it doesn't allow any
> > indication as to which side of the road the stop is on.
>
> I've been doing the opposite, and have only recently realised that your
> way is the way I was supposed to do it..
There is no way you are supposed to do it. Both methods are equally valid.
Both have their pros and cons.
Up till now I used the "node in the road" method. But lately I have been
thinking about how routing applications would use osm data. I doubt bus
companies will be using osm to route their busses. But when routing for
pedestrians, you will want to be able to reach the bus stops.
Around here a lot of bus routes follow roads that are not accessible for
pedestrians. The bus stop is then accessible e.g. from the back (from a
parallel road/cycleway) or by a short section of sidewalk (from the nearest
crossing). Since way-objects have no width you need to draw a piece of
non-existing footway in the first case. The second case leads to splitting of
the way into sections ("foot=no" for most of the road and no "foot=" tag for
the section with the sidewalk.
I haven't found an simple and easy way to tag all this.
--
m.v.g.,
Cartinus
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