[OSM-talk-be] Mapping and tagging of railways.

[Maarten Deen]

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:47:31 +0000, Karel Adams <adelco at skynet.be> wrote:
> Further to Gauthier's message relating to Belgian Railways: it seems 
> obvious to me that LINE NUMBERS should be published, not train 
> indicators. Compare to bars/cafés: we should mention the NAME of the 
> place, not what beers are on tap or what food they serve.

In Germany they are also making relations for trainseries (like IC-A,
IC-B, IR-a). Have a look at the Ruhrgebiet. I am neutral on that point.

> And indeed there is some work left to be done about the Belgian railroad

> infrastructure. I once suggested obtaining the geographical data from 
> NMBS themselves (they have it, for their ATLAS project, and I still have

> some relations there) but there was no enthusiasm so I didn't pursue the

> idea.

Well, you've got my enthusiasm. I understood that there also was a file
with GPS tracks available, but requests for that have always ended in no
response.

I know there are a few lines still unmapped (and are hard to map by hand,
as for instance MW41 allows no GPS reception inside). It would be wonderful
to have GPS tracks from NMBS for these lines.

Regards,
Maarten