Mar 31, 2019, 4:20 AM by [email protected]: > On 31/03/19 12:51, Michał Brzozowski wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> A new bicycle-sharing scheme called MEVO has just (sort of) started in >> Poland. >> It consists of 660 stations, which function like regular bicycle stands (no >> active parts). >> >> The bikes are station-less, which means they can be left in almost any place >> in the city except excluded zones (albeit for a small extra fee). The normal >> intended usage is to leave them at stations, which is verified by GPS >> geofencing. This implies that people may (and they did) leave more bicycles >> than there are stands at some stations. >> >> How should we map the number of stands, if it's not really a measure of >> capacity? >> One mapper that mapped them went with e.g. capacity="5 stands", but this >> doesn't seem elegant or parsable to me. >> > > I'd go with the number of stands. > When I do a car park .. I do the number that have spaces, I do not count the > cars parked outside those spaces! Reason, those outside the spaces > inconvenience at least the rest. > Same with tent sites. > The capacity should be about what it is built for, what is legal. > Note that stand capacity for bicycles varies wildly. Just in my city there are stands with capacity of a single vehicle and giant "art" ones fitting more than 20. I would tag how many bicycles comfortably fit, like with bicycle parkings.
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