4 lip 2019, 19:28 od [email protected]:
> On 04/07/2019 16:39, Martin Wynne wrote:
>
>> On 04/07/2019 16:11, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In OSM we map *physical* objects only.
>>>
>>
>> In rural areas there are many places where buses are timetabled to stop but
>> where there is nothing physical -- no signpost or shelter.
>>
>
> These are still 'physical' in the sense that they exist in the timetable &
> Naptan documents. (Think also boundaries which don't have dashed lines
> painted across fields)
>
In that sense everything is physical,
boundaries also have paper records
and there are some markers.
>>
>> The wiki for highway says "Can be mapped more rigorously using
>> public_transport=stop_position for the position where the vehicle stops and
>> public_transport=platform for the place where passengers wait.
>>
>
> It's disappointing to see, once again, the PT schema developers hi-jacking
> wiki pages to enforce their schema. The comments column is meant to describe
> how to use the tag not promote alternatives. This needs changing.
>
Yeah, there is nothing more rigorous
in extremely verbose PTv2 tagging.
> highway=bus_stop is perfectly adequate to locate the place where people wait
> for a bus. 'platform' is redundant
>
> PTv2 is a complete mess. it needs rescinding.
>
I completely agree here.
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