[talk-au] Platform names

[cleary]

On any map, more detail is generally preferred to less detail, provided that the information is useful.

I use Central reasonably often. There were 25 platforms (a couple now closed for new construction) and platform 1 is a fair way from platform 25. I think most users would benefit from having the locations of individual platforms identified on a map. I think the current rendering on the map is useful and correct. Removing platform numbers would be unhelpful.

Perhaps the Wiki needs to change. And information in a Wiki is guidance not gospel - there may occasionally be good reason to do something differently. Very few railway stations would be as large as Sydney's Central and what works on smaller stations, does not necessarily work for Central. 

I like it the way it is now because it is the most useful i can imagine.

In regard to reference numbers, each platform at Central has a transport reference number (similar to bus stop numbers). For example I think, but am not certain, that platform 6 is 2000326 and platform 7 is 2000327 - but this comes from data for which we do not have permission. If we can get access to such data, then these numbers would use the "ref" tag. These reference numbers are possibly used for routing but platforms are signposted and known to the public as "Platform 6" or "Platform 7" etc.








On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, at 11:28 AM, Thomas Manson wrote:
> Looking at Central Station, Sydney, the platform names are things like 'Platform 4+5'. (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6015392)
> 
> 
> From my reading of https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apublic_transport%3Dplatform, this should be 
> the name of the station , so in this case that would be either Central or Central Station, with the platform numbers as the ref tag (which is already populated).
> 
> 1) First of all, is my understanding correct? It should be the station name.
> 2) Secondly, should the name be Central or Central Station (assuming 1 is correct)?
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas
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