[Talk-ug] Taxis, Buses, and Bodas

[Carl Kigundu]

Oh.

Let me be more clear then.

For boda boda, I am referencing
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtaxi
which talks about the attributes for example
 motorcycle <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:motorcycle>=yes and
motorcar=no

For the "old park" I believe public_transport=station is ok since actually
it is for buses of which minibus is a type of bus with 8-30 seats
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibus) and thats the kind to vehicle that
parks there.

Attributes and description for station are at

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:public_transport%3Dstation

-ck

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:17 PM, - <JoMiBe at gmx.de> wrote:

> I agree about boda boda stage. It should definitely be amenity=taxi.
> The problem is though that the 'motorcycle' and the 'motorcar' keys are
> both keys to mark access restrictions. That's not exactly the right
> category (see here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:motorcycle)
>
> But again: boda bodas are quite easy. My question was more about minibus
> taxis.
>
> Should they be tagged as "busses" (equals public transport in other
> countries) or "taxis" (equals individual transport elsewhere)? I think from
> the way they operate, they rather resemble busses. Don't they?
>
>
>
> Carl Kigundu wrote:
> > I see no problem.
> >
> > For a boda boda stage I suggest
> > amenity=taxi together with motorcycle=yes and motorcar=no
> >
> > -Carl
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:18 PM, - <JoMiBe at gmx.de <mailto:JoMiBe at gmx.de>>
> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi everyone,
> >
> >     I have an important question that we should all find a common
> agreement on. The question
> >     is: How do we want to map public transport opportunities in Uganda?
> >
> >     I know that in Uganda those mini-busses connecting towns are called
> "Taxi". This is,
> >     however, slightly confusing since in Western countries a taxi is
> considered a vehicle
> >     that you would temporarily hire for private use. In Uganda, I have
> come across he term
> >     "special hire". So a what's a special hire in UG, is called a taxi
> in the UK, Germany,
> >     and other countries.
> >
> >     Mini-Bus taxis rather resemble busses in the West. Busses would
> usually do regular
> >     routes with the opportunity for people to jump on and off at any
> stop. This is exactly
> >     how mini-bus taxis in UG opperate.
> >
> >     On the other hand, boda-bodas work like taxis in the West. They are
> privately hired for
> >     a short time for individual transport.
> >
> >     So my suggestion is this:
> >
> >     Let us map mini-bus station (like the so called "Old Taxi Park" in
> Kampala) as
> >     public_transport=station
> >
> >     and Boda Stages as
> >     amenity=taxi
> >
> >     How do you see it?
> >
> >     Blessings from
> >     Jotam
> >
> >     _______________________________________________
> >     Talk-ug mailing list
> >     Talk-ug at openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-ug at openstreetmap.org>
> >     https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ug
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Talk-ug mailing list
> Talk-ug at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ug
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ug/attachments/20150529/bc8b0810/attachment.html>