On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Michał Borsuk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/27/2011 06:56 PM, ant wrote: >>> 3) Whether there should be a new public_transport key, to try to >>> clarify the bus_stop/tram_stop distinction >>> a) aim to move tram_stops to alongside the track, and put something >>> else (tram_stop_group / tram_station?) on the track >>> b) aim to move bus_stops onto the road, and put something else >>> (platform?) alongside >>> c) encourage the use of platforms on tram systems, and use those in >>> the relation instead of tram_stop >>> d) add a new public_transport key, so that public_transport=platform >>> can be used for everything >> >> c and d (we shouldn't redefine tags that are in million-times use!) > > c. with pole *or* platform. Ideally there would be some degree of > compatibility between tram stops and bus stops, i.e. a pair of tags on each > side that are at least compatible to a degree.
If you do this, the line-diagram code won't work, and no-one seems to know how to fix it. For the code to work, you apparently need to use railway=tram_stop nodes as members of the relation with role=stop. Unless it can be fixed, I'd probably go for (a). The tool is too useful to ignore. Richard _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit
