The ref number is included in the GTFS data which has been applied for in April
(last year).
https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au/dataset/timetables-complete-gtfs (GTFS
'stop_id' I think is OSMs 'ref')
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_data_catalogue
As there is an election coming up .. would some political pressure promote the
processing of this application?
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At the moment my thinking on bus stops tagging is
name= tag .. move the 'Stand' information to the beginning of the text etc
ref= tag ... use this for the reference number - this appears to be used by
some renders and is helpful in using transport planners.
comment= tag use this for any route information that maybe present. Useful for
mappers to check/use for route relations
On 22/01/19 13:01, cleary wrote:
In Sydney, many stops display the stop number but I'm not sure if we have another source
for this data - in NSW, the convention is that the first four numbers are the postcode
of the suburb. So all stops in Strathfield would have a 6 or 7 digit number with the
first four digits being the postcode for the suburb. For example stands A to D at
Strathfield have their numbers included in OSM with the tag "local_ref="
On Tue, 22 Jan 2019, at 12:21 PM, Warin wrote:
On 22/01/19 12:03, Sam Wilson wrote:
On 1/21/19 4:58 PM, Warin wrote:
I have used (misused?) the ref to tag the routes that use that bus
stop, then some one has put the stop 'number' in as local_ref.
Possibly the stop number is a 'operator_ref' ... whatever, no
practical use to the normal person.
I actually find the ref super useful, because with the Transperth app
in WA you can search by stop ID and it's quicker and a lot more
accurate than searching by street name etc. They're displayed in
OSMAnd, and that's usually where I get them from.
How do you know the number to start your search?
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