[Talk-transit] New proposal to store public transport data

[Oleksandr Vlasov]

Michał Borsuk <michal.borsuk <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Continuing on "How routing software works (and why OSM as-is is not 
> ready for routing)":

Hello,
makes perfect sense, assuming OSM is mapping, not routing project and some other
layer will be needed for the routing. 

Just a small set of questions:
1. As I can see, currently stop-on-a-way is the preferred approach for mapping
tram stops. Do you propose to map tram stops like bus ones, i.e. beside the way?
That makes sense, but will probably require massive change in currently mapped
objects.

2. Withdrawing stop_areas and stop_area_groups is OK if the routing software can
route walking person from one stop to another. I'm not sure this is the case now
-- there's no established approach to the footways/sidewalks mapping (please
correct me if I'm wrong). Still, it's possible to rely on stations' proximity

3. bus_stop already defines `ref' tag, will proposed `stop_id' be something
different? 

Regards,