IMHO merging is not necessarily the best idea. You will create yet another standard.
I'd keep the names as name=stop_name, and add the stop_code with another tag. Propose something that will be relevant with more North American cities, yet that does not disturb other regions. You may want to follow British/German standard. There is a tag that identifies stops uniquely, sorry can't recall at the moment. The last time I saw it was Siegburg/Bonn train station. The *stop_id* is dataset unique, but is there sense at all to import it to OSM? Grüsse, Michał On 10 June 2010 12:49, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently bus tops mapped locally in Ottawa seem to be either untagged or > tagged in different ways. Maperitive default rules displays the icon and > the name field. The GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification was Google > TFS at one time) has three relevant tags these are stop_code, stop_name, and > stop_id. > > The *stop_code* field contains short text or a number that uniquely > identifies the stop for passengers. Stop codes are often used in phone-based > transit information systems or printed on stop signage to make it easier for > riders to get a stop schedule or real-time arrival information for a > particular stop. > > The *stop_name* field contains the name of a stop or station. Please use a > name that people will understand in the local and tourist vernacular. > > The *stop_id* field contains an ID that uniquely identifies a stop or > station. Multiple routes may use the same stop. The *stop_id* is dataset > unique. > > I'm proposing that the name field be built by concatenating the stop_code > and stop_name fields. In the case of Ottawa the stop code is four digits > and is displayed on each bus stop. The stop_name is displayed to the driver > so he can announce the stops. > > An example is below. > > http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/qETGqJTUCEYzFln-38ugXQ?feat=directlink > > Cheerio John > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > -- Best regards, mit freundlichen Grüssen, meilleurs sentiments, Pozdrowienia, Michał Borsuk
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