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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2016-10-03 11:33 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:

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

you can decide this, typically I would say yes, these could be part.



> 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).
>
>

You can't actually tell the "train station area" if you mapped only a node.




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


just do it then, nobody forces you to say how big a station is, what shape
it has, where the exits are, what POIs belong to it, etc., just use a node
and be done with it. Simple.

FWIW, railway=station was defined on areas until someone decided to remove
it in 2015. Looking at the actual data (which the wiki should document),
there are 10% train stations mapped as areas, usage on ways growing
constantly since 2009, growth on nodes slowed slightly down since 2013.


Cheers,
Martin
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