[Talk-transit] Abbreviations in naptan:indicator

Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com
Thu Nov 5 10:19:27 GMT 2009


adj/opp/bef/bey probably also refer to the position in relation to the
landmark (rather than in relation to whatever object is the source of the
commonname)

Richard

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Peter Miller <peter.miller at itoworld.com>wrote:

>
> On 4 Nov 2009, at 22:40, Christoph Böhme wrote:
>
> > Bryce McKinlay <bmckinlay at gmail.com> schrieb:
> >
> >> 2009/11/4 Christoph Böhme <christoph at b3e.net>:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to make sense of the abbrevations used in the
> >>> naptan:indicator tag. adj and opp are clear but I cannot work out
> >>> what bey and bef are supposed to mean.
> >>
> >> Beyond / Before ?
> >
> > Yes, that sounds likely. But then beyond or before what? I tried to
> > work out the meaning of the indicators on the stops shown here [1],
> > but to me both are beyond or before Princethorpe Road.
> >
>
> You can read about about the NaPTAN standard [1] however the list of
> preferred values for indicator in table 3.12 (page 54) don't match
> very well with what I see being used and doesn't contain Before and
> Beyond. For example 'adj' is missing from the list which is frequently
> used for 'adjacent'.
>
> Do be aware that the use of the indicator field is still being refined
> and not everything that is in the current database is good practice.
>
> Possibly Roger (Slevin) or Peter (Stoner) will be able to give us some
> more detail on this.
>
>
> [1] http://www.dft.gov.uk/naptan/schema/schemas.htm#2.2
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> > Christoph
> >
> > [1]
> >
> http://mappa-mercia.org/novam/?scheme=birmingham&zoom=18&lat=52.43754&lon=-1.96556&layers=BT
> >
> >
> >> Bryce
> >>
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