[Talk-in] Network/Operator tags for railway systems

[Arun Ganesh]

Have added the tags to the yellow line.

Overpass query: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/cr8

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com> wrote:

> The network and operator tags are used for customized styling like adding
> logos to metro station locations and distinguishing different sections of
> the network like railway zones and divisions.
>
> Just checked the existing data and there is not much use of these tags in
> India, so it is a good time to propose something we could use in the
> future. By default we can consider the railway network of the railways in
> India to be Indian Railways, therefore only exceptions need explicit
> tagging:
>
> Major non IR networks (acronyms preferred), to be used on route relations
> and station nodes
>
>    - `network=DMRC` for Delhi metro
>    - `network=Mumbai Metro`
>    - `network=CMRL` for Chennai metro
>    - `network=BMRC` for Bengaluru metro
>    - `network=JMRC` for Jaipur metro
>
> IR network operators (full name preferred) to be used on objects
>
>    - `operator=Konkan Railway Corporation`
>    - `operator=Southern Railways`
>    - `operator=Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation`
>    - `operator=Central Railways, Mumbai` for Mumbai division of Central
>    railways
>
>
> Reference:
>
>    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit_in_India
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zones_and_divisions_of_Indian_Railways
>
> As of now Delhi metro is the biggest non IR network and we can start
> tagging the stations and routes if there is no objection to using
> `network=DMRC`
>
>
> --
> Arun Ganesh
> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad>
> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
>



-- 
Arun Ganesh
(planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad>
<http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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