Re: [Talk-transit] Tagging of railway station

2013-12-18 Thread Janko Mihelić
I like the area approach. If you were on a platform, or in the station building, or on the tracks, each time you are in the railway station (or is it on the station when you are outside, and in the station when you are in the building?). So if there is an app that tells you where you are at the

[Talk-transit] Close stations having the same name

2013-12-18 Thread Copro Grammes
Hi, Close to a main railway station, there are often other stations (underground, bus, tram, etc.) which have the same name (e.g. Somewhere Station). I wonder what is the best value for the key 'name' of these stations? There are examples where the transport type is added in the name: e.g.

Re: [Talk-transit] Close stations having the same name

2013-12-18 Thread Jo
Here the platforms for buses near to a railway station have names like: Gent Sint-Pietersstation Perron 3 Mechelen Nekkerspoel Perron 1 Wavre Quai 5 (Perron/Quai means platform in Dutch/French) Whereas the name of the railway station itself would be: Gent Sint-Pieters Mechelen Nekkerspoel I

Re: [Talk-transit] Tagging of railway station

2013-12-18 Thread Richard Mann
The number of stations is quite small, so people will find a way to deal with it. Probably by re-adding nodes until the area advocates give up. On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Copro Grammes coprogram...@yahoo.frwrote: OK! Just one question: what do you mean saying Having separate node and