[Talk-GB] Propose automated edit to update NAPTAN data in the west mids

Brian Prangle bprangle at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 08:13:01 UTC 2017


Hi Matthijs

I echo Stuart - it's best to deal with these with the local NaPTAN
maintainer, who works in TfWM

Regards

Stuart

On 5 February 2017 at 21:22, Stuart Reynolds <
stuart at travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Matthijs,
>
> Wherever possible the names in NaPTAN should match what is on the flag or
> shelter. There are however some instances where this is not possible or
> desirable.
>
> For instance, the stop might carry a historic name such as for a long
> closed pub which has been updated in data but not on the ground. Or perhaps
> the name is a compound name (often of the "Main Street / Side Road"
> variety) where this is better held as two separate fields in NaPTAN.
>
> But in general any discrepancies should be queried with the data owner who
> is normally the County or Unitary council. In West Midlands it is the old
> Centro / new TfWM. I have contacts there, as obviously does Brian, but I
> ought to check that they are happy for me to post their email address on
> the list for all to use.
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
>
> On 5 Feb 2017, at 19:35, Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl>
> wrote:
>
> On 3 February 2017 at 19:29, Stuart Reynolds <stuart at travelinesoutheast.
> org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Also, there is often some confusion about what name goes into which
>> fields - people will insist on compounding names, for example, because
>> that’s what their consuming system wants, rather than getting the consumer
>> to read the data properly. But that’s too much to go into here, and if
>> reviewing the names is in scope then I would be happy to offer to help. One
>> of my other “hats" is as the Public Transport Data Standards Advisor /
>> Expert for DfT, which includes advising on NAPTAN.
>>
>> Hi Stuart,
>
> Great to have your support. I noticed that there are a few stops in the
> West Midlands where the name in Naptan doesn't match the name on the flag
> (unfortunately I don't remember by heart which ones). This means the visual
> announcement in the announcement in the bus (and the information in online
> timetables) is different from the name on the flag, so from a usability
> perspective it would make sense to fix this. Is there any process of
> reporting situations like that?
>
> -- Matthijs
>
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