[Talk-transit] Close stations having the same name

[Jo]

The addition of the (bus/tram) platform and its number are what is visible
on the ground (and in the data of the PT provider).

Jo


2013/12/19 Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com>

> Naming them different than they are named on the ground is mapping for the
> renderer.
> Just add train=yes, bus=yes or tram=yes, and that should be enough. A good
> renderer will put a little train/bus/tram icon below the name of the
> station.
>
>
> 2013/12/18 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com>
>
>> Here the platforms for buses near to a railway station have names like:
>>
>> Gent Sint-Pietersstation Perron 3
>> Mechelen Nekkerspoel Perron 1
>> Wavre Quai 5
>>
>> (Perron/Quai means platform in Dutch/French)
>>
>> Whereas the name of the railway station itself would be:
>>
>> Gent Sint-Pieters
>> Mechelen Nekkerspoel
>>
>> I think it's better to indicate they are related by a hierarchy of
>> stop_area relations.
>>
>> Jo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/18 Copro Grammes <coprogrammes at yahoo.fr>
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> Close to a main railway station, there are often other stations
>>> (underground, bus, tram, etc.) which have the same name (e.g. "Somewhere
>>> Station").
>>>
>>> I wonder what is the best value for the key 'name' of these stations?
>>>
>>> There are examples where the transport type is added in the name: e.g.
>>> "Gare de Lyon (métro 14)" in Paris [1], or "Hauptbahnhof (U-Bahn)" in
>>> Frankfurt [2].
>>>
>>> Don't you think it is better to tag all these stations with their real
>>> name ("Somewhere Station")? It isn't ambiguous since other tags than name
>>> allow to distinguish these stations [3]. And it gives to users/applications
>>> the real name, not a name "for renderer".
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Zigeuner
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/export#map=18/48.84385/2.37467
>>> [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/export#map=18/50.10769/8.66386
>>> [3] E.g. "Gare de l'Est" railway and underground stations can be
>>> distinguish by some renderers even though they are both tagged
>>> railway=station and name=Gare de l'Est:
>>> http://tile.openstreetmap.fr/?zoom=16&lat=48.87451&lon=2.359&layers=B0000000FFFFFF
>>>
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