> Clay Smalley wrote:
> Thanks, all. This pretty much confirms what I expected. I'll go ahead and
> bring them back to railway=station.
Clay, I know it is an extra ask, I request that you document how you're doing
this at (minimally):
Thanks, all. This pretty much confirms what I expected. I'll go ahead and
bring them back to railway=station.
-Clay
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:34 AM Harald Kliems wrote:
> FWIW, the German wiki page for railway=halt has a section that
> acknowledges that the German definition and international
FWIW, the German wiki page for railway=halt has a section that acknowledges
that the German definition and international usage differ: "Outside the
German-speaking world, railway=halt is defined as an unimportation railway
station that only has the most basic equipment and isn't staffed (in
I forgot to mention that I have also directly edited the OpenRailwayMap/Tagging
wiki itself by sprinkling several "In North America..." text blurbs. These are
nearly always left intact by other wiki reviewers (and that page is very well
watched and heavily/strictly "policed" for accuracy).
Good question, Clay. I agree with Joseph's recommendation to revert to
railway=station. Germany (likely the densest national rail network in the
world, as well as home to OpenRailwayMap.org) has a rather exacting set of
definitions for distinct specificity on its rail in OSM, to the point
Clay Smalley writes:
> Over the last few months, I've been doing some systematic improvements to
> the passenger railway network across North America. Much of this has been
> filling out public_transport=stop_area relations for every railway station,
> including stop positions and platforms, as
According to the wiki page, railway=halt is mainly used for "A small
station, may not have a platform, trains may only stop on request."
The presence of points/switches is only significant in Germany.
I would recommend reverting to railway=station for any which have
platforms and are regularly
Hi all,
Over the last few months, I've been doing some systematic improvements to
the passenger railway network across North America. Much of this has been
filling out public_transport=stop_area relations for every railway station,
including stop positions and platforms, as well as verifying the
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