[OSM-talk] Remove validation rule asking to add highway=footway to railway/public_transport=platform

[Phil Wyatt]

Hi Martin,

 

So what are the explicit exceptions given the wiki says “Use  <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:public_transport> public_transport=platform to identify the places where passengers board or alight from public transport of any type” which to me would also suggest that it’s a footway ( <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway> highway=footway is used for mapping minor pathways which are used mainly or exclusively by pedestrians).

 

Is there a tag that these exceptions have that can also be checked in the validation?

 

Cheers - Phil

 

From: Martin Koppenhoefer [mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 24 May 2019 8:02 PM
To: Phil Wyatt
Cc: Wiklund Johan; Talk
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Remove validation rule asking to add highway=footway to railway/public_transport=platform

 

 

 

Am Fr., 24. Mai 2019 um 11:44 Uhr schrieb Phil Wyatt <phil at wyatt-family.com>:

Hi Folks,

As a relatively new OSM editor, I tend to agree with the explicit tagging rather than implicit - it should help folks learn tags much faster

 

 

The problem is that a platform is not a footway, at least not universally. People can also walk over meadows, following this logics we should be suggesting to add highway=footway to all meadows? Or amenity=parking?

 

I agree, this should not become suggested tagging. 

 

It is so sad the issue has been closed in the github tracker because of too many people complaining (politely) about a developer decision. Closing issues because of disagreement is toxic behaviour and it is understandable it makes people worrying.

 

Cheers,

Martin

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