> Since the Wiki defines the 'platform' as 'the place where passengers > wait for the vehicle', it doesn't have to be anything in particular. A > patch of sidewalk could indeed be a light rail 'platform'.
This is only true for `public_transport=platform` [^1] but not for `railway=platform`: the latter tag is defined as 'a railway platform', that is, a *real* platform. If we tag every tram stop with `railway=platform`, how can we know whether there is a platform? Do we need yet another tag, e.g. `public_transport=platform` + `tram=yes` + `railway=platform` + `platform=no`? [^1]: <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:public_transport%3Dplatform> [^2]: <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform> On 20 February 2018 at 21:30, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny+...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Selfish Seahorse > <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> iD's new 'Tram Stop / Platform' preset adds a `railway=platform` tag >> even on nodes. I thought this were a bug [^1], but the wiki [^2] says: >> >>> platforms: `public_transport=platform` + `railway=platform` If the platform >>> is just a pole with a sign and the tram stops on the road without a >>> physical platform, use a single node to map the "platform". >> >> It seems wrong to me to tag a tram stop (not the stop position) with >> `railway=platform` if there is no platform, but only a sidewalk or not >> even that. (It's strange enough already that >> `public_transport=platform` doesn't mean 'platform' when used on a >> node.) Besides, the wiki is contradictory, because according to the >> wiki page about `railway=platform` [^3], this tag should not be used >> on nodes. >> >> If no one objects, I'd like to change the wiki page [^1] so that >> `railway=platform` should not be used on nodes. > > Since the Wiki defines the 'platform' as 'the place where passengers > wait for the vehicle', it doesn't have to be anything in particular. A > patch of sidewalk could indeed be a light rail 'platform'. > > Also, it's pretty common to permit nodes as surrogates for area > features when the area is not known, not surveyed, not determinate, > ... It's been a common practice in some quarters to drop in a node > that means, "I know there is a building/park/whatever here" and then > replace it with the area feature when the footprint is known. In some > cases, the boundary of the area is indefinite - how close to the post > you stand at a bus stop is up to you and your ability to catch the > driver's eye. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
