Re vision impaired users. Is this where https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform_edge could be useful and whilst there is no route, ot may assist... or hinder as it may not be rendered.
On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 9:43 AM Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/03/19 22:30, Sebastian S. wrote: > > If you believe Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_railway_station%2C_Sydney > The stations name is 'Central railway station' but it goes by many > colloquial names. > > I don't like the way the platforms are named currently. "Platform 8+9 > (8;9)" is surely not the name on the signboards. > > > Depends on what 'sign board' you look at as to the platform presentation. > The electronic sign boards at the station entry show a single platform > number, along with when the train leaves and the stops. > > The fixed platform entry signs show the pair of platforms that the entry > accesses. > > Some of the Australian platforms are split, some are paired. I prefer > split myself. But I am not making it a task for myself. > > I am in favour of splitting the platforms to have each number just called > "Platform $". Maybe you can also indicated on which side 8 and 9 is in > relation to a path which you would walk into the platform. > > > If the platforms are split that should give the user the required > indication. > > > Maybe name:left=Platform 8 makes sense? > > > Left and right depend on what direction you approach the platforms, at > Central you can approach lots of the platform pairs from ether direction. > > Another question I have is how would you route a blind person to and onto > the platform when there is no way? > What about segment indicators. I have not been to central station but I > assume for long trains there are segment indicators along the platform for > passengers to find they carriages quicker. Are you planning to mapping > these? > > > I have no plans to map these. I don't know if there is a defined way to > map them. Do you ? If so you might give a link for those interested. > > Have you looked at other train station in OSM? > I suggest to have a look at > Hamburg > https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.552778&mlon=10.006389&zoom=15#map=18/53.55274/10.00677 > Or Cologne https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.94319/6.95853 > Or Paris Gare du Nord > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/48.88156/2.35623 > Or London Kings Cross > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.53194/-0.12326 > Regards Sebastian > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > On 21 March 2019 11:26:39 am AEDT, Thomas Manson > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Looking at Central Station, Sydney, the platform names are things like >> 'Platform 4+5'. (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6015392) >> >> >> From my reading of >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apublic_transport%3Dplatform, >> this should be >> the name of the station , so in this case that would be either Central or >> Central Station, with the platform numbers as the ref tag (which is already >> populated). >> >> 1) First of all, is my understanding correct? It should be the station >> name. >> 2) Secondly, should the name be Central or Central Station (assuming 1 is >> correct)? >> >> Regards, >> Thomas >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing > [email protected]https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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