[OSM-talk] bus_stop / bus_station

[Stefan Neufeind]

Hi,

I just "discovered" there is
highway=bus_stop and
amenity=bus_station

According to "map features" the latter is for a larger bus_station with 
several bus-stops etc.

Having a closer look I saw that they are shown differently e.g. in JOSM. 
"highway=bus_stop" in this case is a dark blue "something" on a black 
background, whereas the other is clearly visible as a bus_stop/_station.

And several normal stops at roads near here were tagged as a bus_station 
which actually are just one small stop on the side of a normal road. So 
strictly looking they were tagged wrong (by me mosly, by the way).
I wonder if others see the problem as well and if mappers really see a 
difference between the two. Otherwise maybe it would make sense to make 
both treated equal and assume stat a larger "station" is an area/way 
instead of just a node (where actually more lanes, stops etc. are there)?


Regards,
  Stefan