On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Jack Stringer wrote:
> I am not a bus spotter or a photter but why would I want to know what
> route the 172 Bus takes? Other than from a route planning PoV so that
> I don't get stuck behind them all the time.
Well, that's one example. How about other things like researching where
to live so you're not on a bus route (if you don't like the sound of
busses trundling past your window all day). I'm sure there are many
examples I can't think of, but it seems to me that putting accurate data
in OSM is a Good Thing.
> I understand that people would like to put bus routes into OSM but
> does it have to require the cutting up of roundabouts and junctions?
I don't really see what the big deal is with cutting stuff up - it
shouldn't cause any problems, if it does then it is the tools that need to
be fixed rather than kludging the data to work around flaws in the tools.
In the long run, I think we'll move away from tagging ways and just tag
relations. That way, updating the tags on a road wouldn't involve
updating the same tag on each way that makes up the road - you'd just
update the relation. Similarly, updating the tags on a bus route wouldn't
involve finding all the ways that make up the bus route, you'd just update
the relation. We're not at that stage yet, but I don't see a good reason
for reversing the progress we've already made in that direction.
- Steve
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Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence
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