[OSM-talk-be] identifier in ref:xOperatorx=y0yyyy to url=http://mijnlijn.be/y0yyyy

[Jakka]

Using key as "url=" not comming in conflict with already other keys that 
use short key url ?

Op 18/11/2018 om 10:51 schreef Jo:
> Our bus stops in Flanders have unique identifiers visible to the public
> on the flags of the stop poles.
>
> I started by entering those in the ref tag, then later decided to use
> ref:De_Lijn=y0yyyy, as some of those stops are served by other operators
> as well.
>
> For several years now itt's possible to obtain real-time information
> about the buses on a url+identifier, so I want to add that to those
> stops. As i don't like to duplicate information I'd prefer to drop the
> ref:De_Lijn though.
>
> So all of those stops would have:
> url=http://mijnlijn.be/303079    (<- you can test this, the url is
> expanded/translated to a url on www.delijn.be <http://www.delijn.be>)
>
> For the conversion, I'd like to launch a Belgian "Project of the month",
> so the position of the stops can be verified once more by locals, but
> also shelters and bus_bays can be added and if cycle ways split off to
> go around those bus bays, that detail can be added as well.
>
> I know that that is what we have been doing for the past 5+ years, but
> now it would get some more dedicated focus.
>
> For several years I thought having the identifier n a dedicated ref:X
> tag and then telling everyone about how to turn it into such a url was
> the way to go,. That doesn't actually work though. Nobody knows how to
> get from the identifer to the url. Giving potential passengers a url
> they can simply click through on, seems to be the better way of doing
> this for this use case.
>
> Polyglot
>
>
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