[OSM-Talk-ZA] Gautrain Bus Mapping

[Gerhardus Geldenhuis]

Hi
S1 and S2 routes conform to the new public transport schema and is also
backwards compatible with older mapping website in terms of tags used.

Regards



On 7 November 2013 12:39, Dawid Loubser <dawid at travellinck.com> wrote:

>  Thanks to those of you who have added bus routes! (it's quite
> time-consuming to say the least - especially adding the stops correctly)
>
> Route S3 (Rivonia) also shows the stops and (what I hope to be) correct
> tagging:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/-26.0561/28.0651&layers=T
>
> Interestingly, I have tried to adhere to the "new public transport schema"
> of 2011 (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Public_Transport), where the
> stop position is indicated on the route (which is semantially correct), as
> opposed to just relying on tags on the bus stop amenity (node) itself.
> However, the "transport map" does not seem to render these correctly, so in
> addition to the cleaner new tagging scheme, I've adhered to the more
> traditional way of marking bus stops. Once it is supported though, the
> different stops (and their numbers etc) should be correctly represented.
>
> Finally, if you've added a Gautrain bus map route, please add it to the
> "Gautrain bus" route master, which "ties together" all the bus routes.
> Again, see S3 Rivonia as an example... (none of the other routes have been
> added at this stage).
>
> Finally, grant, the real-time bus map is awesome! Any further discussions
> with Gautrain in terms of obtaining an 'official' data feed?
>
>   --
> Dawid Loubser <dawid at travellinck.com>
>
>   Op Do, 2013-11-07 om 12:18 +0000 skryf Gerhardus Geldenhuis:
>
> Thanks Grant,
>
>  Route J1 and J2 should be good examples for all of the tags needed if you
> want to have the stops and routes display on all the maps.
>
>
>
>  Regards
>
>
>
>  On 7 November 2013 11:03, Grant Slater <openstreetmap at firefishy.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Talk-ZA,
>
> A few of us (DawidLoubser, Gerhardus Geldenhuis, johng & likely
> others) have recently added all the Gautrain Bus routes.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_South_Africa/Public_transport_routes#Gautrain_Bus
>
> I have hacked together a live map for viewing buses on the routes (zoom
> in):
> http://firefishy.com/tmp/bus/
>
> It also shows all the bus stops mapped with operator="Gautrain Bus"
>
> Please help map the remaining bus stops :)
> Or check to see if the bus routes are correct.
>
> The Hatfield routes do not exactly match the published route map at
> the start (stops are identical), the routes used seem to be
> "optimised".
> Another map for viewing bus routes is http://openbusmap.org/ but it
> hasn't yet updated with all the routes.
>
> Anyone know why the buses occasionally run through the night? Training
> or something? Normal hours are ~5am to ~9pm.
>
> Kind regards
>  Grant
>
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