[OSM-talk] Train station names: "Place Station" ou just "Place" ?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/9/17 Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:
> Hi list,
>
> What is the actual convention about railway stations names ?
> When I look here:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.50291&lon=-0.11359&zoom=17&layers=B000FTF
>
> the map shows a "Waterloo" and a "Waterloo Station". Excepted the fact
> that the name is duplicated because it is once on the railway and once
> on the building which is something I can understand, do we have to
> write the word "Station" in the name itself or not ? Is it not implied
> by the tag railway=station or building=train_station ?

I'd say: if the name is Waterloo Station, set "name=Waterloo Station",
if it's waterloo, set "name=Waterloo".
Easy like that.

Looking at this:
http://synecdoche.liquidflare.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/img_1953s.jpg
I'd suggest to keep "name=Waterloo Station"

cheers,
Martin