Hi Andreas,

This all looks good. I have one more request. Could you update the
public transport wiki pages to include the ref:IFOPT tag. It looks
like you will be the first person using this tag.

Thanks
Jason

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Andreas Uller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I have taken into account your comments as well as those from the 
> talk-transit mailing list 
> (https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-transit/2013-December/001663.html
>  and answers), so the following has changed since my last message:
>
> - No automated import, instead upload all platforms "by hand", so they can be 
> checked for plausability and the stop_positions and stop_areas can be created 
> right away. This way, one can say afterwards that all public transport stops 
> are present in OSM in the way they should be.
> - The global ID will be kept as ref:IFOPT, an internationally used ID for 
> public transport, all other IDs will be dismissed.
> - The is_in is dropped, instead the village in which the platform is, is 
> added as alt_name="Village Name_of_stop".
>
> I have made a test run in the city of Bruck an der Mur (chosen because some 
> bus stops were already mapped (by different mappers) and some were missing) 
> to look for any problems, which I didn't find (Changeset: 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/19479901).
>
> I think this is a good way to improve the data in OSM.
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. November 2013 um 04:09 Uhr
> Von: "Andreas Uller" <[email protected]>
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: [Imports] Import of public transport platforms in Styria (Austria)
> Dear List,
>
> We have received the position of all public transport platforms in the 
> Austrian province of Styria from the company responsible for managing public 
> transport ("Steirische Verkehrsverbund GmbH").
>
> I have put together all information on the following page in the wiki: 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Austria/Import_Haltestellen_Steiermark
>  (with all relevant information in German and English).
>
> A short outline of the plan:
> All positions where no platform in a certain area (e.g. 100 m) around the 
> available points are present in OSM, would be imported directly into OSM, 
> probably using JOSM. All others will have to checked and merged manually. 
> This has already been successfully done with an import of all doctors in 
> Styria.
>
> A downside of the data provided is, that there are some platforms included 
> which are no longer used (they were used during a detour of a route or the 
> route has been dismissed). However, most of this disused platforms will be in 
> the capital city of Graz, where I and other users know, which stops are the 
> ones disused, so they can be excluded during the manual import (all platforms 
> in Graz should already be mapped, so this area can be excluded from an 
> automated import). In the end, there will probably only be a handful of 
> disused platforms in the end. On the long run, all bus routes should be 
> mapped; then it will be easy to find unused platforms.
>
> Also included on the wiki page is a suggestion on how to use the provided 
> attributes and turn them into OSM-key/value pairs.
> Here, a point is unclear to me: There are varoius IDs provided, one is a 
> "global, unique" ID for each platform (Europe-wide normed "IFOPT" number). 
> Should this be imported to OSM (as ref=* or something different?) in case we 
> later receive open timetable or realtime data which needs to be connected to 
> the stops? Or are there other ways to match timetable data to platforms? 
> These IDs are not visible to anyone standing at the bus stop and I have not 
> yet encountered them anywhere else than in that file - from what I've read so 
> far this is a strong reason not to include them. However, I want to be sure 
> we don't need them later.
>
> Any feedback is welcome.
>
> Andreas
>
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