[Tagging] Mapping light rail stations

[Dave F]

General mapping & tagging points:

  * Platforms should not be attached to the railway track.
  * Highways should not touch (and end) at the railway track. They
    should be attached to the edge of the platform.
  * Platforms can be either ways or closed polygons, but as the latter
    is more detailed, it's preferable.
  * Platforms mapped as closed polygons should have an area=yes tag to
    indicate to renderers the polygon should be infilled. The reason it
    infills without the tag is a bug in OSM-Carto, & will, hopefully one
    day, be fixed.
  * highway=footway ways across platforms is unnecessary as the raison
    d'etre for platforms is for people to walk on them. Same argument
    for adding highway=footway tags to the actual platform.
  * The name of the station isn't the name of the platform. Platforms
    rarely, if at all, have genuine names. IMO the name tag shouldn't be
    added to platforms. Ref should be used instead. I find it
    disappointing the 'standard' map, OSM-Carto, still renders the name
    instead of ref.
  * The station node railway=tram_stop should be between the tracks & as
    near to the mid point of the platforms as possible, without clashing
    with other rendered objects.

DaveF


On 13/02/2022 05:45, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Noticed recently that with the release of new imagery, our local light 
> rail / tram network is /very/ badly aligned.
>
> Have gone in to start straightening it out, but have then found that 
> the stations / platforms have been mapped, to me, rather strangely?
>
> Some examples:
>
> Platform including both tracks
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=21/-28.01692/153.42934
>
> 2 platform areas side by side
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=20/-27.98198/153.42350
>
> Platform from the footpath (sidewalk) out to the track
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=22/-28.01010/153.42951
>
> A footway joining the footpath to the track!
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=22/-28.00616/153.42909
>
> Most of this was done by a fairly new mapper ~4 years ago, & they made 
> a comment "/provide connection between platform and light rail line/".
>
> I don't usually map rail / tram lines myself, so before I do anything 
> wrong, I want to clarify a few things.
>
> Should platforms touch the tracks / footpath?
>
> Should platforms be mapped as an area or just a way?
>
> Do we need to connect the adjoining footpath to the actual track for 
> routing purposes?
>
> Any other hints / tips or things to watch for! :-)
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
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