[Talk-GB] Post NaPTAN edits (Cambridge area)

John Aldridge jpsa at jjdash.demon.co.uk
Fri Aug 1 19:27:15 UTC 2014


I've been reading the NaPTAN import thread, and saw a reference to the 
Novam viewer, which thinks  that I should fix a few stops round here. 
Before I do that, I'd like to check that I'm going to do it right!


Presumably I should simply update the positions of the stops, if 
necessary, based on ground survey (actually I've already done that -- I 
hope that wasn't wrong).

I assume I should check the naptan:* tags are accurate and fix them if 
necessary.

I also assume I should add a shelter=(yes|no) tag.

But what about route_ref? Should I be setting this to a list such as 
"route_ref=16;17"? Some of the colour schemes in Novam complain about a 
missing route_ref, others don't, and I see the documentation 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bus_stop says "Use of the tags 
'route_ref'... in no longer recommended".

If it makes any difference, route relations seem to have been set up 
round here (though I haven't checked whether they are complete). Though 
the stops are only linked to those relations by proximity, I

Having done all that, should I simply delete the "naptan:verified" tag? 
Or should I leave it there and change it from "no" to "yes"?


Anything else?

-- 
Cheers,
John



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