In Europe we also have a number of quite complex stations with many
entries and sometimes multiple levels. However a local mapper typically
knows what is considered the "heart of the station". This might be a
meeting area (official / unofficial), a waiting area, an information
desk, a ticket box or something else. In most cases this differs from
the centroid but is better to represent the station.
BTW: My biggest challenge to place a the station node is on small
commuter stations: 2 tracks, 2 platforms, one entry on each side of the
platform ( 4 in total), no station building, looks boring from
everywhere, definitely not heart in this station;-).
Am 19.05.2016 um 08:40 schrieb Arun Ganesh:
The one point approach works for small stations with a single entrance,
but is a little misleading for large station complexes with multiple
entry points. We have quite a few of these in India, where both sides
are equally important like the New Delhi station:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/28.64233/77.22188
In such cases its fair to add the marker in the centroid of the area,
and not on any particular side. The station building would then help the
user decide which entry is most convenient.
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