Am Montag, den 03.10.2016, 20:33 +1100 schrieb Warin: > On 03-Oct-16 07:53 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > > > 2016-10-03 10:25 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist@gmail. > > com > > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > > > if it says this currently, we should change it now. > > > > > > > > done > > > > Cheers, > > Martin > Err it now says > > " railway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:railway>=*station* > > should be applied to an area covering the whole station, o > preliminary > on a node placed at the center of the station area, from the > passengers' > point of view (i.e. near platforms)." > > What is this "whole station"????? > Does that include; > a bus interchange located for rail passengers convenience? > a parking lot located for rail passengers use? > > As a node it is well defined. > As an area its definition is nonexistant. > The train station area can have added details; > the area defined using landuse tag > any buildings/roof defined using the building tag > and so on (e.g. cafes, newsagent, toilet). > > I think the 'node only' is best and simplest.
+1 The main problem I see for mapping stations as areas is the lack of defined boundaries. Compared to other types of POIs, the definition of a "station area" strongly differs depending on the background of the mapper and the use case. If you map the station from a passenger view, you would draw an area containing the platforms, the station building and maybe a bit more or less, depending on the mapper's definition of station. I think that such an area should not be mapped because it is possible to generate it by creating buffers around platforms, station building and station node. If you map the station from the view of railway staff, the extend of a station is well defined, but that is often far more than the area which is relevant for passengers. There is also the problem that e.g. if you want to render a caption and use the centroid for placement, the caption will often not appear at a correct position. Regards Alex
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