One thing that you may also need to consider is that the timetables and therefore number of journeys a day may depend on the month as there are often summer and winter timetables.
Regards Dudley > Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 07:28:26 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Ferry frequency > > Thanks all - some great suggestions. To clarify, I'm not looking to put > detailed timetable information in (that properly belongs in a GTFS feed or > somesuch, not OSM), just a broad-brush indication to help routing engines. > > Based on Richard M's and Janko's suggestions, I'm tempted to use: > > journeys=4/hour > journeys=2 or journeys=2/day > journeys=on_demand > > to indicate, respectively, four journeys in each direction per day; two > journeys in each direction per day; and the sort of ferry where you go to > the bank, wave the ferryman down, and he comes to take you across. > > That avoids any confusion about "frequency" (a tram might have both > meanings!) and is simple both for the mapper and for the consumer. > > I note there's also a reservation= tag > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:reservation) which will be useful > for ferries where booking in advance is required. > > cheers > Richard > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Ferry-frequency-tp5780010p5780141.html > Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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