You're right railway=station per the wiki Railway stations are mapped as an area covering the whole station (tracks, > buildings, platforms, etc.) or a node at the center of the station from > passengers' point of view. This is usually an unconnected node at the > platform area. This node does not have to be part of a railway track. > If you want to map the station as an area, please consider that different > people describe the station area differently. While passengers only have > the area around the station building and the platforms in mind, railway > staff and railway enthusiasts think of the whole railway area which begins > at the entry signal at one side and ends at the entry signals at the other > side.
So https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/34891023/ should be railway=station in my opinion, that would cover the whole area and encompass all the platforms, buildings, roofs, and tracks which are part of Central Station. I agree the building roof's shouldn't have the name Central Station, it should come from the railway=station areas which encompasses them. That would involve moving all the station tags off https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/16748116 and onto the current landuse way. On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 08:31, Thomas Manson <thomas.man...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am new to Open Street Maps, so I apologise if I miss something obvious. > > > > I am working with the developers of an app for vision impaired users that > helps then navigate unfamiliar locations, and we are trying to help them > navigate train stations in Australia, and I am specifically looking at > Central Statin in Sydney. > > > > From my reading of the Tag:railway=station notes here ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dstation), it appears > that a station area should include the whole area of the station. At > Central station, this is not the case, and the platform rooves have been > added as standalone features, with no association with the Central Station. > This has resulted in the app calling these out as additional features in > the area, which confuses our users, as they are not separate features. > > > > I initially tagged each roof with the Name of Central station, but it was > pointed out to me that this is probably incorrect, and I am happy to remove > those names. However, I would like to propose changing the shape of the > feature with tag:railway=station to include the area that has the platform > rooves too. The features that are the rooves would still be there as > individual features. > > > > Can anyone tell me if this is a good idea, or something I shouldn’t do? > > > > Regards, > Thomas Manson > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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