NaPTAN has node info; I was thinking more of deriving way and relation info.
Richard On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Roger Slevin <[email protected]> wrote: > TfL supplies its data to NaPTAN – and this is the national official > source of stop names. I would therefore ask that OSM focuses on using the > official source of data – and reports discrepancies which I can then take up > with the responsible people in TfL > > > > thanks > > > > Roger > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Mann > *Sent:* 02 September 2009 16:27 > *To:* Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics > *Subject:* Re: [Talk-transit] local_ref problem around Anerley in NAPTAN > > > > 1) Would it make sense to seek permision from TfL to derive labelling > information from their website maps. It's such a rich source of info, it'd > be a pity not to try. They're a bit daft putting copyright on their spider > diagrams - if I were them, I'd want them to be copied. > > > > 2) I don't like the idea of ways for platforms, except possibly for the > limited case where you've got one platform on each side. It's just not > extendable. They should be areas. Sublettering for parts of platforms should > probably be on nodes, representing the point on the platform that's the > midpoint for boarding a train that stops at that platform (it will be in the > timetable system as "2a", and a notional router ought to direct you to that > point). If a platform is split into 2a and 2b, you probably need three nodes > - 2a/2b and 2 (for trains that take up the full length). > > > > Richard > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Frankie Roberto < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2009/9/2 Shaun McDonald <[email protected]> > > > > > > That was ages ago that I done that. I have added those extra details to > a few stations, in some cases even adding the platform numbers. It does > become more difficult when there are island platforms. The reason why I have > been adding them is from a desire to know how to access the station, and how > to access the platforms. It is also an increased detail thing. > > > I had a discussion about island platforms on the wiki a while back (see > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/unified_stoparea#Sheffield). > When I mapped Sheffield Station ( > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?relation=79249) I noted that some platforms > have up to 6 different names (2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5A, 5B). > > The options as I see it are: > > * stick all the names in a single ref= tag, semi-colon or comma separated > (the former seems to be the convention?) > * add the names to the stopping points (the node on the actual railway > way). > * splitting the platform way into different ways (eg two halves) and then > tagging those separately (although this still leaves you the problem of > different names for the different 'edges'). > * doing something complicated with relations. > > Thoughts? > > Frankie > > -- > Frankie Roberto > Experience Designer, Rattle > 0114 2706977 > http://www.rattlecentral.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > >
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