[Talk-GB] Stations and platforms=*

[Gregory]

I thought the railway=station node should be attached to the railway line.
But that get's confusing over which line to attach it to, so I like using
it as an area.

Does platforms=* count platforms out of use?
I can think of Clapham Junction (platform 1?) that was closed to the
public, although I think they pulled up the weeds to use it for the London
Overground now.
Twickenham also has a disused platform, the rails are still in place but I
think it has a railing or fence to stop you waiting on it. It might get
used during Rugby match days, but it's certainly not very presentable or
used frequently.

On 28 June 2012 13:14, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 28 June 2012 12:02, Tom Chance <tom at acrewoods.net> wrote:
>
> > There are two pages on the wiki, each giving slightly different advice,
> each
> > containing confused, ambiguous and conflicting suggestions:
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Railway_stations
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dstation
>
> My bugbears are that building=railway_station and railway=station
> areas have long been confused. I don't really see the difficulty,
> since in most cases the footprint of the building (if there is one)
> bears little resemblance to the whole station. I would tag
> building=railway_station around one or more buildings, and have a
> railway=station area surrounding the building, platforms and whatever
> else makes sense to include.
>
> Unfortunately, one prolific railway mapper in the UK disagrees with
> the above, and has in the past converted railway=station areas into
> building=railway_station (which is usually inappropriate, even for
> large terminus stations) and added a separate railway=station node,
> which is vexing. Or, like in the example on the wiki, people add both
> railway=station and building=railway_station to the same area, which
> again show more muddled thinking rather than appropriate mapping.
>
> If we could agree that railway=station nodes can be mapped in more
> detail as station areas, and building=railway_station is kept for the
> building(s) themselves (and otherwise untagged with ref etc), then
> that would at least be a start.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
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