On 18 March 2016 at 22:15, Michael Reichert <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that an importance tag for mountains is not a suitable concept > but a importance tag for train stations (or airports) is surveyable and > suitable for OSM. Just take the timetable or go out and stay one day on > the platforms, count and note down all stopping trains.
That would allow you to verify (in a very loose sense) the number of trains; not the importance of the station. > In addition, > more important stations often have better/more facilities for > passengerts like a ticket shop (smaller ones only have vending > machines), a toilet, backeries, fast food stores, waiting rooms, etc. That would, allow you to verify a list of facilities, not the importance of the station. > If OSM would free of any importance-like tags, we would not have the > highway=* tag as we have it now. Tagging is highway=primary vs. > secondary, secondary vs. tertiary, tertiary vs. unclassified is often a > question of importance, not only width, paving and lane count. Tagging highways as "primary" or "secondary" is often a matter of verifiable legal designation. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
