Stefan Neufeind wrote: > Hi, > > I just "discovered" there is > highway=bus_stop and > amenity=bus_station > > According to "map features" the latter is for a larger bus_station with > several bus-stops etc. > > Having a closer look I saw that they are shown differently e.g. in JOSM. > "highway=bus_stop" in this case is a dark blue "something" on a black > background, whereas the other is clearly visible as a bus_stop/_station. > > And several normal stops at roads near here were tagged as a bus_station > which actually are just one small stop on the side of a normal road. So > strictly looking they were tagged wrong (by me mosly, by the way). > I wonder if others see the problem as well and if mappers really see a > difference between the two. Otherwise maybe it would make sense to make > both treated equal and assume stat a larger "station" is an area/way > instead of just a node (where actually more lanes, stops etc. are there)? > >
It may be that people are tagging amenity=bus_station for bus stops that are termini. It will be marked on the ground as a bus stand. Shaun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
