[Talk-us] Adding university buses

brad bradhaack at fastmail.com
Mon Feb 15 16:36:46 UTC 2021


How about access=private,  operator=, and network=.   That should make 
it pretty clear.

On 2/14/21 9:52 PM, Minh Nguyen wrote:
> Vào lúc 09:06 2021-02-14, Eric H. Christensen via Talk-us đã viết:
>> I just spent time adding some of the bus lines of my alma mater to 
>> help students utilize the transportation provided by the university 
>> and avoid driving. After admiring my handy work on OsmAnd I realized 
>> that this might not be the best data to add to the map as it isn't 
>> universally usable.
>>
>> Unlike the city bus lines that are open to anyone that needs a ride, 
>> the university buses are restricted to students, staff, and faculty 
>> of the university. I don't know of a way in the renderer (and yes, 
>> we're not supposed to map for the renderer but...) to limit the bus 
>> operator or network when trying to find a route from one place to 
>> another via transit.
>
> Interesting question. The first thing that comes to mind is that 
> hundreds of school bus routes have been tagged bus=school, mostly in 
> Europe, but that doesn't necessarily look any different in a renderer 
> or behave any differently in a router.
>
> access=private might keep a public transportation router from 
> recommending the route to the general public, but by the same token, 
> it would also make the route useless to the university community in 
> these same applications.
>




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