[OSM-talk] Railway Stations & relations

[John Smith]

Doesn't proximity do grouping?

On 1/28/10, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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