Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Greg Troxel
"Roger Slevin" writes: > I have watched this debate over the years - and I keep coming back to > what I think is a key question for the OSM community ... if there is > an existing robust standard for public transport information, then is > it really worth trying to add to

Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Greg Troxel
Stephen Sprunk writes: > I should point out that "bus lines", "cruise lines", "air lines", > etc. are plural when talking about one company (e.g. American > Airlines) because they operate a collection of individual lines > between specific locations, such as New York-Los

Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Stephen Sprunk
On 2016-10-31 07:54, Greg Troxel wrote: Felix Delattre writes: I also like them. Thanks, Jo! But isn't "line" an European wording? Would an English native speaker intuitively understand the concepts of "line" and "itinerary"? I always For me (en_US), I find it

Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Felix Delattre
On 31/10/16 13:54, Greg Troxel wrote: > Felix Delattre writes: >> I also like them. Thanks, Jo! >> But isn't "line" an European wording? Would an English native speaker >> intuitively understand the concepts of "line" and "itinerary"? I always > For me (en_US), I find it

Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Greg Troxel
Felix Delattre writes: > I also like them. Thanks, Jo! > But isn't "line" an European wording? Would an English native speaker > intuitively understand the concepts of "line" and "itinerary"? I always For me (en_US), I find it awkward. > thought a "line" is more

Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Greg Troxel
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Re: [Talk-transit] Naming concepts

2016-10-31 Thread Roland Olbricht
Hi all, 1. A general public transport service (e.g. No. 38): In OSM: "route_master" in GTFS: "route" For me that is a line. It has a line number. (which sometimes is not simply numeric, so it's more of a symbol, but OK) 2. A theoretical tour a bus takes, but without schedule information, it