I just re-tagged a small rural station I created, after mapping the surrounding
area better.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/36.27303/139.28168
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/36.27303/139.28168>
- the railway=station is an area used by the station, both “inside the fence”
for the track and platform, and “outside the fence” for the small bathroom and
gravel lot for bicycle/car parking. the fence goes through the area.
- there is a ticket machine dispensing one-time-use little paper slips at the
station entrance. It only has the station ref=* on it. You then pay the fee on
the train itself when you exit based on the slip you took from the machine.
Normally, a “one man” train dispenses these little paper slips to from little
machines to you as you get on the train - there is usually no ticketing system
at any station on a “one man” line - the driver does all the jobs. But on this
particular line, the the slip dispensing machine is at the station. Press a
button to get one. this is in contrast to a bus, where you pay as you get on
or off a set fee, and have no need to show how far you have travelled.
- the landuse=railway is tagged, and there is some old land at the station
originally used for siding, but all of the tracks are gone, but it is inside
the railway’s fence. i had the landuse=railway cover that area rather than the
station.
Questions:
- I mapped railway=station to cover both the tracks and roadways, and
encompasses all the potions of the station - gravel parking area, restrooms,
platforms, stop positions. This how I imagine railway=station should be used.
is this acceptable?
- since the little slips are similar to tickets (and not passes), is using
“ticket vending machine” + fee=none acceptable?
- is my mapping of landuse=railway to the west and east of the station
acceptable?
Payment question:
suburban/rural stations in the US and Japan often have NFC terminals you are
required to touch to show that you have entered the train system at that
particular station (and intend to travel somewhere). How do we show the
location of these NFC train pass points (Suica/pasmo in Japan) when they are
not at traditional ticket gates? At this particular station, it is on the
wall next to the bathrooms (IIRC) near or combined with the slip vending
machine, and there is no barrier whatsoever associated with these style of NFC
card readers. I imagine having a point tag for the location of these “IC” card
readers is useful, but I don’t know what to use, as they are not dispensing
anything, and are often used for both entering and exiting the system.
Javbw
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