[OSM-NI] mapping bus stops

[Eduardo Mayorga Téllez]

On 11 December 2013 12:26, Brian Wolford <worldwidewolford en gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> We were discussing tonight which is the proper way to map bus stops for the
> bus line mapping, node on the way or beside the way. After looking at the
> public_transport page there were some things I wanted to share.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Public_Transport
> Useful:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Public_Transport#Examples
>
> If mapping public_transport=stop_position they should be a node ON the way.
> As it is a feature of the vehicle stopping on the road.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:public_transport%3Dstop_position
>
> If you want to map the place where people wait that is mapped as
> public_transport=platform on a node BESIDE the way.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:public_transport%3Dplatform

What about highway=bus_stop? Should we use this tag for the node on
the road or where the passengers wait? The wiki is not clear about
this.

Here the use of the tag for the place where passengers wait is
recommended: [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:public_transport%3Dstop_area]

And at the examples section of
[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Public_Transport]
you see that it's used on the road (by noting the blue "icon" on the
map).

> public_transport=stop_position is the more relevant tag to getting the bus
> lines mapped, I feel, and should be given priority, but both are useful.
>
> Also, we should be including bus=yes when using the public_transport scheme
> to map bus features, which Iǘe edited the wiki page to reflect.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Nicaragua/Buses_en_Managua/Relaciones
>
> Thoughts?
> -Brian