Re: [Talk-transit] NAPTAN Import: Plus-bus Zones

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Slevin
PlusBus zone boundaries are defined by the stoppoints at the edges of the zones. It should be possible to draw straight lines between each of the boundary points to define the polygon of the area they cover (all stops within such a polygon are members of that PlusBus zone). The exceptional

[Talk-transit] New 'Transit' page and proposed Stop Place model

2009-08-06 Thread Peter Miller
I have create a new top level page for 'transit' and redirected 'public transport' to that page. Take a look here and tell me what you think, and do of course make it better! http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Transit I am also proposing to write basic articles for each of the individual

[Talk-transit] Subject: Re: Railway route relations

2009-08-06 Thread Hillsman, Edward
On 5 Aug 2009 14:59:04 +0100, Peter Miller wrote: I totally agree, however we are just setting out on a long journey to capture all the transit data for the world, so lets get the modelling clear now and not be held back by some tag-updating! As we are aware the various transit strands

Re: [Talk-transit] New 'Transit' page and proposed Stop Place model

2009-08-06 Thread Peter Miller
On 6 Aug 2009, at 14:07, Frankie Roberto wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com wrote: snip b) splitting the pages down into smaller components - eg railways, bus stops, train services, train stations, etc. Whilst it's good to have an overall

Re: [Talk-transit] Subject: Re: Railway route relations

2009-08-06 Thread Frankie Roberto
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Hillsman, Edward hills...@cutr.usf.eduwrote: It now appears likely that our research center will receive funding to begin developing a multimodal trip planner using OpenStreetMap data. Firstly, congratulations on the getting this funding (presuming it gets

Re: [Talk-transit] Is 'Transit' and 'Public Transport' the same thing?

2009-08-06 Thread Frankie Roberto
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.comwrote: I notice that Frankie has created a new Tram page (no content yet but it will come). Yup! Is 'transit' a synonym for 'public transport'? or not. If not then what is the difference? For me, as a native