[oxoncotswolds] Bus stops imported

[Andrew Chadwick (email lists)]

Péter Connell wrote:
> Oxontime numbers should just be down as 'ref' I think. This is somewhat 
> complicated by the acis system normally using ATCOcodes (as NaPTAN 
> numbers) but for some reason this isn't the case in Oxfordshire. 
> http://www.oxontime.com/pip/stop_simulator.asp?naptan=69325659

Looks like the Oxontime number is the same thing as the NaptanCode / 
SMSNumber described in http://www.pti.org.uk/naptanc.htm and 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Tag_mappings#General_values 
{{1}} .  When mapped through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.161 the 
letter-string values like "SMS:oxfajgaw" used by other NAPTAN consumers 
like the "all stops" search on 
http://www.transportdirect.info/Web2/Maps/JourneyPlannerLocationMap.aspx?cacheparam=11

map to numeric codes like 69325429 that look awfully similar to the ones 
I've seen on the street.

So yes, basically our old numeric ref=* is a new-style naptan:NaptanCode=*.

> I think the naptan:..... fields could be used for 'official' references 
> (i.e. that don't appear on the stops themselves and/or have no use for 
> the general public)

The advice from {{1}} is to use naptan:NaptanCode if it's one of those, 
and ref=* "Only when 'actively' converting the data" (whatever that 
means). I think it means that we have a choice, can retain ref=* as-is 
for the 8-digit ones, but there's a canonical form and they're equivalent.

I hope. 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Surveying_and_Merging_NaPTAN_and_OSM_data 
says nothing for refs.



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Andrew Chadwick