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> On 8. Aug 2018, at 00:35, Yuri Astrakhan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> For this specific case, the railroad stations consumer would probably want a 
> single raiway station, not multiples, so they are easier to analyze, easier 
> to query by matching it up with wikidata, etc.



For railway stations I would agree that it is desirable to have a single 
station object for a single station (ignoring for a moment double and triple 
stations and how to link them, e.g. internally connected metro stations on 
different lines). My answer is a station area for the whole station, but many 
mappers are categorically refusing this and advocate nodes only (IMHO strange 
for something as big as a station). An area would solve a lot of issues.

I am not against making our data easier to consume for others, but the priority 
should be making life easiest for mappers.


> Railroad station can have multiple parts, but so do many other things, and we 
> tend to put common things in a relation for them. Why would you want railroad 
> stations tagged differently, and duplicate the same wikidata tag on every 
> part of it?


it really depends how wikidata has the individual station represented, is it 
one or several objects? Do they have a collector object for the parts, etc.?
It’s not as if all stations are codified the same in wikidata, or are they? Has 
wikidata already found a stable structure how they represent railway stations 
or will it maybe change continuously?
Even if everything (wikidata <-> OSM) would be consistent today, tomorrow it 
would either be inconsistent or outdated ;-)

I agree there is room for improvement on all sides, but it cannot be answered 
once for all.

Cheers,
Martin 
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