> Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:23:34 +0200 > From: Stefan Neufeind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OSM-talk] bus_stop / bus_station > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > 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)? > > > Regards, > Stefan > >
Hello Stefan, as Bus_station is in the dropdown list in potlatch and Bus_stop is not, many newbies don't know about the difference. I guess that's the whole reason. Regards Lulu-Ann -- GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier findest Du Leute mit Deinen Interessen! Jetzt dabei sein: http://www.shortview.de/[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
