[OSM-talk] public_transport=platform not rendered

[Aun Yngve Johnsen]

I have mapped bus stops as a node next to the highway, and connected it with a service way, at least where there are a bay where the bus can stop next to the highway. This node could also be connected with a walkway or sidewalk way, though I havn't started with that detailed level of mapping yet as there still are a lot of unmapped territory in my area.

I havn't studied the public_transport scheme as I do very little mapping of that sort, though have in a few cases added public_transport=station to amenity=bus_station and railway=station

As I said, I havn't studied the scheme, but if there is a way to map bus stops without the use of highway=bus_stop, than this should be clearly documented on the wiki and added to the most common renderers, and as long as there are plentifold of highway=bus_stop they should be rendered as well.

Aun Y. Johnsen
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On 18. nov. 2012, at 10:00, talk-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:

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>> From: Ed Loach [mailto:ed at loach.me.uk]
>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] public_transport=platform not rendered
>> 
>>> I'd rather deprecate platform for busses if anything.
>> 
>> One of the problems with the bus stop tag, and hoping I don't reopen old
>> arguments, is that due to a mistranslation in the wiki in the dim and
>> distant past many people have tagged bus stops as nodes on the way where
>> the bus stops, when they are meant to be nodes beside the way where
>> people wait for the bus. The public_transport tags at least clearly
>> separate the place people wait (using the word
>> platform) from where the vehicle stops.
> 
> As of this afternoon there are 1020807 highway=bus_stop total and 123578 of
> those are in a way.
> 
> So about 7.25x as many not as part of a way as in a way.