Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-07 Thread michael spreng
Hi On 06/08/2019 15:06, Jarek Piórkowski wrote: > > The currently mapped Flixbus routes are just guessing as well - buses > can deviate as long as they make the scheduled stops. > I think so as well, judging from newspaper articles about bus drivers taking wrong routes (not leading to the

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-06 Thread Jarek Piórkowski
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 06:23, Dave F via Talk-transit wrote: > On 06/08/2019 07:08, Janko Mihelić wrote: > > An app would route from one station to the other, and show status as if you > > were driving. There could be a tag that would say if the route goes through > > motorways, tolled roads,

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-06 Thread Janko Mihelić
On Mon, Aug 5, 2019, 13:20 Dave F via Talk-transit < talk-transit@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > On 02/08/2019 14:35, Janko Mihelić wrote: > > I think they should be mapped as relations with only stations in the > relation. > > How would you perform real-time tracking? > An app would route from

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-05 Thread David Fox via Talk-transit
Really? Just because you may not want to does not mean others will not. How would route distance and times be calculated? On 5 August 2019, at 22:33, Tijmen Stam wrote: On 05-08-19 13:22, Dave F via Talk-transit wrote: > > > On 02/08/2019 14:35, Janko Mihelić wrote: >> I think they should be

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-05 Thread Tijmen Stam
On 05-08-19 13:22, Dave F via Talk-transit wrote: On 02/08/2019 14:35, Janko Mihelić wrote: I think they should be mapped as relations with only stations in the relation. How would you perform real-time tracking? I think that is not something one does on OSM.

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-05 Thread Dave F via Talk-transit
On 02/08/2019 14:35, Janko Mihelić wrote: I think they should be mapped as relations with only stations in the relation. How would you perform real-time tracking? DaveF ___ Talk-transit mailing list Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-02 Thread Tijmen Stam
On 02-08-19 15:35, Janko Mihelić wrote: A user in Europe started adding long bus lines some time ago. These routes are crossing several countries and mostly drive along motorways. Here is a piece of motorway between Berlin and Dresden: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/313980637 it has two

Re: [Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-02 Thread Jarek Piórkowski
Fundamentally this isn't that different from long-distance train services. In practice, at least in Germany, Flixbus is one of very few bus operators that have 1) daily/weekly schedules and 2) tickets they sell to anyone (rather than a charter service). However I am aware elsewhere this might not

[Talk-transit] Long bus routes

2019-08-02 Thread Janko Mihelić
A user in Europe started adding long bus lines some time ago. These routes are crossing several countries and mostly drive along motorways. Here is a piece of motorway between Berlin and Dresden: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/313980637 it has two road routes, and 13 Flixbus bus routes. I