[OSM-talk-be] replace ref on stops De Lijn with mijnlijn.be/x0xxxx

[Ben Abelshausen]

+1 on the url=http://mijnlijn.be/#{ref} feature!

Does anyone have the time to actually translate this into code?

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Wim Crols <wim at crols.be> wrote:

> on the wiki page it says the following
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLinkMap#Contribute
>
> *Programming:* You created an interesting new feature or fixed a bug in
> the existing code? Please send me your code and I will add it.
>
> on second thoughts it would even be better that openlinkmap would support
> this kind of url
>
> url=http://mijnlijn.be/#{ref}
>
> where it will replace a placeholder with the contents of a tag with the
> name of the placeholder.
> This is more versatile and could be used for other purposes too.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I asked the admins of openlinkmap if this is even possible, but I'm still
>> waiting for a reply, of course. I was planning to wait for their answer to
>> react to Wim's suggestion.
>>
>> Jo
>>
>>
>> 2013/1/30 Ben Abelshausen <ben.abelshausen at gmail.com>
>>
>>> I guess that would mean adapting openlinkmap specifically for
>>> mijnlijn.be. Is that a good idea?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Wim Crols <wim at crols.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would suggest the following
>>>>
>>>> Leave ref tag as it is "ref=x0xxxx"
>>>> Put in url tag the following "http://mijnlijn.be/"
>>>>
>>>> And make a software patch for openlinkmap to show the correct link on
>>>> existence of the following tags
>>>>    highway = bus_stop
>>>>    operator = De Lijn
>>>>    ref = 303119
>>>>    url = http://mijnlijn.be/
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Wim Crols
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Historically we have been putting the 6 digit serial number we found
>>>>> on the stops of De Lijn into ref. I would like to propose to move them to:
>>>>>
>>>>> url=mijnlijn.be/x0xxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> That way they would be a lot more useful on sites like openlinkmap:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.openlinkmap.org/?zoom=18&lat=50.87952&lon=4.69273&layers=B
>>>>>
>>>>> The link translates to a webpage with realtime information of the
>>>>> buses that serve the stop and it's very convenient to be able to click
>>>>> through on them with a smartphone, a tablet or even from the desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>> To avoid redundancy I wouldn't keep the number in ref anymore. It's
>>>>> quite specific to De Lijn, so somebody who wants to do something with those
>>>>> serial numbers, can just as well extract them from the url.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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