[OSM-talk] Mapnik: amenity=bus_station

[graham]

Steve Hill wrote:
> How are people tagging bus stops?  I have been setting tagging nodes that 
> are members of the way, which means they are part of the road they are on. 
> Is this the right way to do it?  It seems right since it unambiguously 
> shows which road the stop is on, but it doesn't allow any indication as to 
> which side of the road the stop is on.
> 

I've been doing the opposite, and have only recently realised that your 
way is the way I was supposed to do it..

I have mapped quite a few bus stops where the bus stop is on a 
pedestrian island and I want to show not only 'side of road' but also a 
fairly exact physical position. I'd be reluctant to give that up to 
plonk all my bus stops in the middle of the road...

I wonder if anyone has done any counts of how many stops in the db are 
points in ways, and how many are points beside ways?

Graham

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