<br>I see little value in keeping this data. As people have already said the quality is poor and relevance to osm is limited. If people want it for a specialist application then they can integrate it separately into their final application. Indeed, I wonder if anyone has every used this data as it stands in osm. I would also like to say that there was very limited discussion on importing it in the first place if I remember correctly.<br>
<br>I vote for pulling it out.<br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Peter<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 February 2011 12:51, SK%3 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:SK53_osm@yahoo.co.uk">SK53_osm@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The pay-scale areas are in principle useful, but their quality
varies significantly. Mostly they correspond to the area used with
the PlusBus scheme (add on day bus tickets which can be bought with
a train ticket), but the ones I'm familiar with correspond to
general day ticket zones. <br>
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The Nottingham one is particularly woeful (and probably out-of-date)
as it seems to just consist of a polygon connecting locations on
major roads approximating to the fare stage position, and thus loses
lots of detail about where its possible to get to using a day
ticket, see <a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-transit/2009-August/000461.html" target="_blank">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-transit/2009-August/000461.html</a>.
In practice the only way to obtain accurate information about the
extent of the zones in Nottingham is to ask bus drivers about how
far a given ticket is valid. When bus passes just had local validity
asking any pensioner would have been as effective. In other words
this information is needed and is currently poorly communicated: see
if you can obtain a leaflet showing the edge of the fare zone with
any degree of accuracy at a local bus station, council office or
library.<br>
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Visualising fare zones would be useful on public transport maps, but
I'm not aware of any detailed suggestions for doing so on OSM. I did
have a stab at a better outline for the Nottingham area in Kosmos,
which I've now put on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sk53_osm/5409852539/" target="_blank">Flickr</a>.
Also, someone did visualise them as a tool for identifying unmapped
areas.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Jerry<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>I am presently doing some tracing in Dumfries and
there is a way which is marked
public_transport=pay_scale_area. It is part of a Naptan
import. The area seems to be vague and is cutting across
a number of areas where I am doing some detailed work.</div>
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<div>Is there a good reason that this should still be
kept? </div>
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<div>Cheers</div>
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