[Talk-GB] NaPTAN updating for new bus stops

[Chris Hill]

I did a lot of work with NaPTAN data in Hull and the East Riding or 
Yorkshire. My experience would lead me to say that a ground survey 
always overrules any such import. Do not be afraid to update the map 
data with what you actually find on the ground. There is no 
NaPTAN-sourced data structure that can be broken, it was imported and 
has been widely altered, added to and adjusted since. If a further 
NaPTAN import is made in an area it will have to be done in a way that 
respects surveyed data, which was much less of a problem in 2008.

Chris Hill (chillly)

On 15/12/2021 12:43, Chris Hodges wrote:
> Bristol Parkway Station (located in South Glos) now has 4 bus stops 
> A-D. OSM  Shows the old B (where the new C is) and C (where there's no 
> longer a stop).  I had some time to kill there yesterday and did a 
> quick survey so have enough information to update the map.
>
> But:
>
> If I go in and start editing, I'm likely to break the existing 
> NaPTAN-sourced data, and I don't see an easy route to query NaPTAN in 
> a human-readable way to compare it or add the new stops.  For someone 
> who's not going to get into mass edits or data imports, what's the 
> best way to proceed?  Should this be re-imported, or is there a 
> datasource I'm missing?
>
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