Serge Wroclawski wrote: >Sent: 24 September 2009 9:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [OSM-newbies] Bus stop IDs > >This page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_stop > >Talks about "Asset reference numbers". Is this the equivilant of bus stop >IDs?
Yes, the reference number that is printed/plated or otherwise giving the physical identity of the bus stop sign or shelter. In the UK the same or similar data is also available from the NapTAN import under the tag "naptan:AtcoCode". The system that we use to obtain service information is a different reference, "naptan:NaptanCode". So in your WMTA area I'd suggest either using the asset_ref tag or a more descriptive tag that is more applicable to your region. Maybe WMTA_ref would be more appropriate. If you consistently use the same tag then if an alternative arrangement is created for a larger area its easy to search and replace the tag chosen with something more appropriate. The main thing at this stage is to get the value data into the database. Cheers Andy > >WMTA (the Washington [DC] Metro Transit Authority) has bus stop IDs on >most (all?) bus stops so that you can use a service they provide to >determine arrival times of buses. > >I'd like to add this as a tag to the stop in OSM, but am not sure what >the right tag is. > >Thanks, > >- Serge > >_______________________________________________ >newbies mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
