[Talk-ca] Ottawa Bus stops

[john whelan]

If we decide to import then adding the GTFS (General Transit Feed
Specification) tags on additional fields such as stop_code would allow the
use of Maperitive's find command to locate bus stops by stop_id even if it
wasn't visible.  The other two relevant tags would be stop_name which in the
case of Ottawa is displayed internally on the bus and stop_id which would be
significant only to an application or bot.

I'd bug Calgary nicely for a GTFS format file.  GTFS started out as
Google Transit
Feed Specification but has since changed its name as it went through a
"standards"
style discussion etc. and is now used for more than just Google.

Cheerio John

On 9 June 2010 21:19, Tyler Gunn <tyler at egunn.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:17:28 -0400, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The problem here is you need to do the plus sign thing and look at the
> data
> > links.  Putting the bus stop number in the name filed means that
> renderers
> > such as Maperitive can display it as you zoom in without needing any
> > special
> > training for the end user.
>
>
> That's a very good point.
> I think I'll adopt this style going forward.  Adding the bus stops in
> Winnipeg is on my "todo" list.  I will likely contact Winnipeg Transit to
> see if they have any bus stop and route data they could provide though as
> I'd rather not have to go around taking pictures of every bus stop in the
> city. :)
>
> Tyler
>
> --
> Tyler Gunn
> tyler at egunn.com
>
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