[OSM-talk] OSM Data Scope (was "wikiproject rail?")

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

On Wednesday 04 October 2006 16:55, D.S.E wrote:
> Am Mittwoch 04 Oktober 2006 17:15 schrieb Richard Fairhurst:
> > In rural areas (such as Rutland) buses are often hail-and-ride. In
> > other words, you can flag the bus down anywhere you like, and the
> > driver will stop for you.
>
> ok, in all areas I know (and not only in urban areas), this is not the
> case.
>
> so what do you think abotu this:
> - in areas, where they behave like you mentioned, the complete bus route
>   should be tracked.
> - in all other areas the stations can be connected directly. this can also
>   be done for tram and subway lines (because they really don't stop between
>   the stations).

Isn't that even more complicated? How are you going to determine the policy of 
bus companies for every route, and then account for rogue bus drivers who 
sometimes let you off at random points if you're very nice? :o)

Grab the full routes with as much metadata as possible, and if someone can set 
up a place to collect this apart from the main OSM database then that would 
be fantastic!

Regards,
Tom

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