[Talk-us] Rail westerly
stevea
steveaOSM at softworkers.com
Sun Dec 21 02:13:44 UTC 2014
>On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:35 PM, stevea wrote:
> > Yes, I'll use owner= if known, and it is name= which displays in
>ORM as the name of the line. Many lines had name= as the service
>run upon them (like Caltrain instead of Union Pacific), and I have
>corrected this where I know it was wrong in OSM. But I haven't
>corrected all of these, just the ones I know. And now I think I'll
>have to go back and correct name=Union Pacific as the name of Union
>Pacific's subdivision for the line that Caltrain is run upon:
>Caltrain itself should be a relation. And so on.
Tod Fitch replies:
>I was under the very strong impression that the main line from San
>Jose to San Francisco is owned by the Joint Powers Board (CalTrain)
>and not by Union Pacific. I believe that there are branches off that
>owned by Union Pacific and maybe even BNSF but that the main right
>of way was actually Caltrain's. Any place one could confirm or deny
>that?
Let's suppose Joint Powers Board is the owner. Does that mean that
owner=Joint Powers Board, operator=Caltrain (and a route relation for
Caltrain's services: Baby Bullet and Local) is correct? What do we
put into the name= tag? A subdivision name? Perhaps "Joint Powers
Board" (as well as, or instead of the owner tag)?
As I look in the (excellent) "CPUC_Rail_Crossing_List_v20140603.xls"
document recently pointed to, I find no occurrence of "Joint Powers
Board" in the whole sheet. Though, I do recognize it as a real
entity that administers the Caltrain service (and it may own the
track, too). I do find "PCIX: Caltrain" in the Rail System column,
though, so that is a good indication we might put PCIX, Caltrain, or
PCIX:Caltrain in the name= tag.
It seems we are still a little unclear on how to (fully, "properly")
tag rail in the USA, with California trying to be a leader in OSM
(again), but at least this discussion seems to be getting us closer.
Good!
SteveA
California
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