[Tagging] Misuse of name tag for route description

Markus selfishseahorse at gmail.com
Sat May 11 17:30:14 UTC 2019


On Fri, 10 May 2019 at 23:09, Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I like the idea that the name of the bus, as shown on the map, is the same as the name of the
> bus, as shown on the bus.  It means I can look at the map and know what to look for on an
> approaching bus.  Not having the two correspond is unhelpful, if not downright perverse.
>
> Route number alone is insufficient.  Not when there can be variant routes.

I agree that it's helpful to see route number and/or origin and
destination on maps, but that doesn't mean that we have to store that
information in the name=* tag, which is usually used to store names,
not descriptions. Renderers could just as well display the route's
description by combining ref=* and/or name=* (depending on what's
used) plus from=* [, via=*] and to=*, e.g.:

ref=201
from=Vevey Funiculaire
to=Villeneuve Gare

name=Metropolitan Line
from=Aldgate
to=Watford

or by displaying the description=* tag in case there are different
route variants, for example during rush hour, at the weekend or in the
evening.

Regards

Markus



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