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

[Warin]

On 04-Oct-16 08:50 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> 2016-10-04 0:19 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com 
> <mailto:61sundowner at gmail.com>>:
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>     There is a nice diagram of how to map a simple station
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>     http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dstation#A_Simple_Railway_Station
>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dstation#A_Simple_Railway_Station>
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> I believe this diagram is completely wrong regarding the station area 
> and landuse. I suggest to remove or improve it.
> The landuse=railway is not ending at the station boundaries [1]. The 
> area depicted as landuse=railway is actually the railway=station area.
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> The user who made this diagram is the same who removed the area-icon 
> from the railway=station article, so it is not astonishing he used a 
> node only version in his diagram.
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> Cheers,
> Martin
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> [1] "Use landuse 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:landuse>=*railway* to 
> delineate areas of land owned or operated by railway companies 
> (commonly known as the /railway corridor/)."

I believe the error in the diagram to which you refer is that the purple 
lines (signifying landuse=railway) should not be joined at either side 
of the diagram but continue off as do the railway tracks.

There is a lot of reading on OSM public transport.

The bit on areas for stations is 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:public_transport%3Dstation

This would conflict with the use of railway=station as an area ...
The same tag could be used for all 'stations' (train, bus etc)???
So mapping the station area with the tag 'public_transport=station' 
would make sense. And make it consistent. However OSM is full of 
inconsistencies!!

I do note that public_transport=station has a status of 'approved' ... 
yet railway=station has a status of 'in_use' ... not that I now set much 
score by it .. anyone can set the stature to whatever they like .. and 
they do.


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