> If this is a problem, because the tag should ideally discrimnate built > structure features, then either > > a) find a new tag for wild platforms
Maybe public_transport=stop? On 29 March 2018 at 16:30, "Christian Müller" <cmu...@gmx.de> wrote: > Mapping public transport in detail was in part started to aid impaired > people and people with diminished mobility. The stop_position is an attempt > to tell for large/long platforms at which subarea of the platform you can > expect a public service vehicle to have an entrance (regardless of its > length, that may change with time of day or when the schedule of the company > is overhauled). > > The platform itself will not give you any clues which position to route a > user to so that him/her readjusting position on that platform is minimal > once the vehicle arrived and is ready for boarding. > > If the platform exists, mapping it is more important than the stop_position, > but the latter gives additional info _especially_ for lengthy or large > platforms. > > ----- > > There have been complaints about added pseudo-platforms in the data. This > situation stems from the fact, that platforms are missing on ground (for > lack of money, political decisions or because the halt is seen as a > temporary one). _Nevertheless_, public transport users _do_ and _have_ to > use parts of the area around the PT-pole as a platform. In this case the > tag is not used to map a built structure, but how the space is effectively > used on ground. If this is a problem, because the tag should ideally > discrimnate built structure features, then either > > a) find a new tag for wild platforms > b) allow the platform tag on nodes and use a single node only where a built > platform structure does not exist > > may be an solution. > > > Greetings > cmuelle8 > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. März 2018 um 13:36 Uhr > Von: Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> > An: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" <tagging@openstreetmap.org> > Betreff: Re: [Tagging] Still RFC — Drop stop positions and platforms > That's what I would like to see happen. Last year I created a wiki page > about it (with screenshots): > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/PT_Assistant/Mapping_Public_Transport_with_JOSM#Downloading_data > > Polyglot > > 2018-03-29 13:09 GMT+02:00 Selfish Seahorse <selfishseaho...@gmail.com>: >> >> > Otherwise, public_transport=stop_position could be abandoned, which >> > would make PTv2 tagging a lot easier and more time-efficient. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
