[OSM-talk] Bus Stop vs. Bus Station

Lulu-Ann at gmx.de Lulu-Ann at gmx.de
Mon Aug 11 17:33:02 BST 2008


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> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:23:34 +0200
> From: Stefan Neufeind <openstreetmap at stefan-neufeind.de>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] bus_stop / bus_station
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
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> 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
> 
> 

Hello Stefan,

as Bus_station is in the dropdown list in potlatch and Bus_stop is not, many newbies don't know about the difference. I guess that's the whole reason.

Regards
Lulu-Ann
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