[Talk-transit] Proposal for simplification of mapping public transport
Philip Barnes
phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Mon Apr 16 13:11:44 UTC 2018
On 16 April 2018 07:46:13 BST, Jo <winfixit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>What I hear quite often in railway stations is: don't use the last
>three
>'cars' if you want to get off in minor station such and so. I almost
>never
>hear them say, get on the train in zone A-E, but I think it is written
>on
>the tickets sometimes, in case people have made reservations for
>specific
>seats.
Virgin West Coast use this system, there are a series of yellow numbers painted along the platform so that you will be in the right place for your carriage.
>
>Anyway, you're right in that the main point of my proposal is to get
>people
>to add 1 object per stop to the route relations.
I think this is a good idea for bus routes as they are quite simple. There is a sign, the passengers wait thereabouts, the bus stops so the door is at this point and the passengers can then board, pay or show their pass to the driver. Making this too complicated will deter mappers from adding public transport.
If mappers want to add additional information then they should be free to do so but it should not be compulsory.
I understand in big cities, such as that there London and in those places a more complex tagging is needed if for example a bus has multiple doors that are not at the front.
Railway or tram platforms are large, dedicated areas and should be mapped as ways.
Phil (trigpoint)
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