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

[d f]

I believe the usage of the building should be explicitly defined, so station should be used.

Most people who disagree are discussing it from the point of view of using the map for the sole purpose of using a train. This is not the case.

My home town station has the same name as at least two other establishments in the city. The label for each of those needs to be explicit.
Imagine the problem for a tourist trying to find the hotel with the same name but turns up at the station!

Cheers
Dave F.





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From: Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Sent: Friday, 18 September, 2009 9:02:54
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Train station names: "Place Station" ou just "Place" ?

Pieren <pieren3 <at> gmail.com> writes:


>What is the actual convention about railway stations names ?

>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 ?

Following the general rule that the name shouldn't duplicate information from
other tags, I would suggest omitting it, just as 'Holy Trinity' is usually better
than 'Holy Trinity Church'.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>


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