<div dir="auto">Re vision impaired users. Is this where <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform_edge">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform_edge</a> could be useful and whilst there is no route, ot may assist... or hinder as it may not be rendered.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 9:43 AM Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_-8201647765259857974moz-cite-prefix">On 21/03/19 22:30, Sebastian S. wrote:<br>
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If you believe Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_railway_station%2C_Sydney" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_railway_station%2C_Sydney</a><br>
The stations name is 'Central railway station' but it goes by many
colloquial names.<br>
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I don't like the way the platforms are named currently. "Platform
8+9 (8;9)" is surely not the name on the signboards. </blockquote>
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Depends on what 'sign board' you look at as to the platform
presentation. <br>
The electronic sign boards at the station entry show a single
platform number, along with when the train leaves and the stops. <br>
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The fixed platform entry signs show the pair of platforms that the
entry accesses. <br>
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Some of the Australian platforms are split, some are paired. I
prefer split myself. But I am not making it a task for myself. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I am in
favour of splitting the platforms to have each number just called
"Platform $". Maybe you can also indicated on which side 8 and 9
is in relation to a path which you would walk into the platform.<br>
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If the platforms are split that should give the user the required
indication. <br>
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Maybe name:left=Platform 8 makes sense?<br>
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Left and right depend on what direction you approach the platforms,
at Central you can approach lots of the platform pairs from ether
direction.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Another
question I have is how would you route a blind person to and onto
the platform when there is no way?<br>
What about segment indicators. I have not been to central station
but I assume for long trains there are segment indicators along
the platform for passengers to find they carriages quicker. Are
you planning to mapping these?<br>
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I have no plans to map these. I don't know if there is a defined way
to map them. Do you ? If so you might give a link for those
interested. <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Have
you looked at other train station in OSM?<br>
I suggest to have a look at <br>
Hamburg <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.552778&mlon=10.006389&zoom=15#map=18/53.55274/10.00677" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.552778&mlon=10.006389&zoom=15#map=18/53.55274/10.00677</a><br>
Or Cologne <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.94319/6.95853" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.94319/6.95853</a><br>
Or Paris Gare du Nord <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/48.88156/2.35623" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/48.88156/2.35623</a><br>
Or London Kings Cross <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.53194/-0.12326" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.53194/-0.12326</a><br>
Regards Sebastian<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 21 March 2019 11:26:39 am AEDT, Thomas
Manson <a class="m_-8201647765259857974moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thomas.manson@outlook.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><thomas.manson@outlook.com></a> wrote:
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Looking at Central Station, Sydney, the platform names are
things like 'Platform 4+5'. (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6015392" id="m_-8201647765259857974LPNoLP265718" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6015392</a>)</div>
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From my reading of <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apublic_transport%3Dplatform" id="m_-8201647765259857974LPNoLP362716" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apublic_transport%3Dplatform</a>,
this should be </div>
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the name of the station , so in this case that would be
either Central or Central Station, with the platform numbers
as the ref tag (which is already populated).</div>
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1) First of all, is my understanding correct? It should be
the station name.</div>
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2) Secondly, should the name be Central or Central Station
(assuming 1 is correct)?</div>
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Regards,</div>
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Thomas</div>
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