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<div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Mar 19, 2019, 2:03 AM by bike756@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>My case for linear mapping is as follows: <br></p><p>1) Many stations are very long and skinny, essentially running
parallel to other linear features like sidewalks. Some stations
can be upwards of 20 or 30 meters in length and no wider than a
couple feet (if empty) or the length of a bicycle (if full). <br></p></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">What is wrong with mapping this as a thin area?<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">For me
the most important part is that in reality it is an area, not a way.
<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Nodes makes sense as are much easier to map, but difficulty in mapping
area and<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"> line is very similar, while area data is much more useful. <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">For
examples see
<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677266656#map=19/50.07839/19.96038">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677266656#map=19/50.07839/19.96038</a>
(amenity=bicycle_parking case) or
<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/655025821#map=19/50.05589/19.92761">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/655025821#map=19/50.05589/19.92761</a> <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">(amenity=bicycle_rental case). <br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>2) Linear mapping is already allowed for bicycle parking and
benches, other street furniture amenities with similar
dispositions.<br></p></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">And I think that it should be avoided for bicycle parkings. Not sure about benches.<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>4) Kiosk locations seem relevant, especially for very long
stations. None of these are mapped yet as far as I know but it
seems like these would be best mapped as a node on a way rather
than as a node inside a polygon.<br></p></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">why?<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>The case against as I see it is:<br></p><p>1) These can already be tagged as long polygons.<br></p><p>2) A linear mapping is not as well supported by current software. <br></p></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">(3) current practice is to use either nodes or areas.<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Current usage is 32 824 nodes, 1117 areas and 10 lines - see<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><a href="http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/H87">http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/H87</a> and <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=bicycle_rental">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=bicycle_rental</a><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><div style="16px">(4) Areas are much, much easier to process by data consumers.<br></div><div style="16px"><br></div></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>Perhaps the bigger question here is: the vast majority of
stations are currently mapped as nodes. If these were to get
expanded, with more added detail/accuracy would we do better to
move toward polygons or lines or both?<br></p></blockquote><div style="16px" text-align="left">areas<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Links to recent previous discussions on this topic:<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dbicycle_rental#Mapping_as_a_.28linear.29_way.3F">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dbicycle_rental#Mapping_as_a_.28linear.29_way.3F</a><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">https://osmus.slack.com/archives/C2VJAJCS0/p1552842220046300<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div> </body>
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