> Clay Smalley wrote:
> Thanks, all. This pretty much confirms what I expected. I'll go ahead and
> bring them back to railway=station.
Clay, I know it is an extra ask, I request that you document how you're doing
this at (minimally):
Thanks, all. This pretty much confirms what I expected. I'll go ahead and
bring them back to railway=station.
-Clay
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:34 AM Harald Kliems wrote:
> FWIW, the German wiki page for railway=halt has a section that
> acknowledges that the German definition and international
FWIW, the German wiki page for railway=halt has a section that acknowledges
that the German definition and international usage differ: "Outside the
German-speaking world, railway=halt is defined as an unimportation railway
station that only has the most basic equipment and isn't staffed (in
I forgot to mention that I have also directly edited the OpenRailwayMap/Tagging
wiki itself by sprinkling several "In North America..." text blurbs. These are
nearly always left intact by other wiki reviewers (and that page is very well
watched and heavily/strictly "policed" for accuracy).
Good question, Clay. I agree with Joseph's recommendation to revert to
railway=station. Germany (likely the densest national rail network in the
world, as well as home to OpenRailwayMap.org) has a rather exacting set of
definitions for distinct specificity on its rail in OSM, to the point
Clay Smalley writes:
> Over the last few months, I've been doing some systematic improvements to
> the passenger railway network across North America. Much of this has been
> filling out public_transport=stop_area relations for every railway station,
> including stop positions and platforms, as
According to the wiki page, railway=halt is mainly used for "A small
station, may not have a platform, trains may only stop on request."
The presence of points/switches is only significant in Germany.
I would recommend reverting to railway=station for any which have
platforms and are regularly
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