[OSM-talk] Railway Stations & relations

[Shaun McDonald]

Not in all cases. Take an example where you have two over lapping or very close stations.

Shaun

On 27 Jan 2010, at 20:59, John Smith wrote:

> 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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