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<div>Feb 13, 2022, 06:45 by graemefitz1@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Should platforms touch the tracks (...)?<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">No. Except theoretical case where it represent reality <br></div><div dir="auto">(disused/historical/preserved track through platform?),<br></div><div dir="auto">not applicable here.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Should platforms touch the (...) footpath?<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">I prefer mapping with footway within platform<br></div><div dir="auto">( <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.06778&mlon=19.97788#map=19/50.06778/19.97788" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.06778&mlon=19.97788#map=19/50.06778/19.97788</a> )<br></div><div dir="auto">but many people skip it, especially with platforms forming dead end for<br></div><div dir="auto">pedestrian footway.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mapping footway center line (highway=footway) on edge of platform is not<br></div><div dir="auto">tragically wrong, but I would map it at actual footway center line (at least a bit<br></div><div dir="auto">from edge).<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Should platforms be mapped as an area or just a way?<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Both are fine<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Do we need to connect the adjoining footpath to the actual track for routing purposes?<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">No. This user was confused and their mapping should be fixed.<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Any other hints / tips or things to watch for! :-)<br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">There are several competing schemes in use, and sometime people proclaim<br></div><div dir="auto">their preferences as sole viable solutions. So I would take tagging advice here<br></div><div dir="auto">with greater skepticism than usual.<br></div> </body>
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