On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 18:42, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know we have already been discussing this several times in the past, but > due to recent editing disagreements in the wiki, I am raising it again. > > For several years, we had railway=station on a way documented in the wiki > as the complete area of a train station. > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:A-simple-station.svg > > This was also discussed in the wiki: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:railway%3Dstation#Station_an_area_.3F > > And it is what we do around here locally. It is also what the definition > of railway=stations says, the tag defines "A railway station". > > A fellow editor now insists that this tag should be used on the same area > as defined for public_transport=station, i.e. the part of the train station > that is accessible by passengers (platforms and buildings near the > platforms). > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Railway%3DStation.svg > > I am reaching out to the wider community because the user and me could not > come to an agreement. > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:railway%3Dstation&action=history > I agree that for a long time the distinction between railway=station areas and public_transport=station areas are as you've noted and as the wiki used to say. I think it makes sense to retain this convention so that the railway is from the rail network/infrastructure point of view and public transit from the passenger point of view. In practice many are mapped as the same area, but that's usually only because unless you're a train operator it can be hard to actually survey where the station starts and ends from the train network point of view.
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