[OSM-talk] Railway Stations & relations

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2010/1/27 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>:
> Hi
>
> Many of the UK railway stations have a relation called site <Station name>:
>
> http://osm.org/go/euu4xiukT--
>
> What is the thinking behind this?


site-relations are generally thought to group different parts and
aspects of a site into one (including fences, entrances, ways,
buildings, ...) object. This can be usefull in many regards, e.g. you
can associate in your case (station) subway-entraces to the
corresponding station.

cheers,
Martin