[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Bus routes in Rugby

[Rob Nickerson]

Sounds like a question for Stuart (cc'd). The travelline website does
exactly as Brian describes. Not sure if Stuart knows any sources that can
be used to update OSM bus routes.

Rob

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018, 12:28 Brian Prangle, <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Gareth
>
> If they're that old and no longer exist then just delete them!  If the bus
> stops in your area have route ref nos on them than that can be an aid.
> Otherwise there's nothing to do but ride the buses if the bus company or
> local transport authority is unwilling to release the data under an open
> licence.  Having mapped bus route relations in the past and tried to keep
> them up to date I've come to the conclusion that the routes are too
> volatile to be worth entering as OSM data (and we don't make it easy to add
> bus route relations either!) so they really belong as data rendered on
> another map using OSM data as a base map. But good luck if you want to try
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
>
> On 19 July 2018 at 22:17, Gareth L <o.i at live.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hiya,
>>
>>
>>
>> I see there are some bus routes mapped as relations in Rugby. They appear
>> to have been done about 10 years ago and certain services now do not exist,
>> new ones have been introduced and others diverted.
>>
>>
>>
>> What are your suggested options of maintaining and managing this data?
>>
>> I’m hesitant to delete stuff, especially as I wont necessarily be able to
>> replace it with the correct data!
>>
>> Are the route plans available in a OSM friendly licensed way? Or is it a
>> case of spending a day on t’buses recording the routes?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Gareth
>>
>>
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