[Tagging] Railway=station + area=yes questions:

[Warin]

On 03-Oct-16 07:53 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> 2016-10-03 10:25 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com>>:
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>     if it says this currently, we should change it now.
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> done
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> Cheers,
> Martin

Err it now says

" railway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:railway>=*station* 
should be applied to an area covering the whole station, o preliminary 
on a node placed at the center of the station area, from the passengers' 
point of view (i.e. near platforms)."

What is this "whole station"?????
Does that include;
a bus interchange located for rail passengers convenience?
a parking lot located for rail passengers use?

As a node it is well defined.
As an area its definition is nonexistant.
The train station area can have added details;
the area defined using landuse tag
any buildings/roof defined using the building tag
and so on (e.g. cafes, newsagent, toilet).

I think the 'node only' is best and simplest.

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