On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 09:26:02AM +0200, Markus wrote: > On Sun, 12 May 2019 at 00:19, Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > OK, so I tested and I renamed one of the many bus routes I'm maintaining, > > moved from name to description. And you know what: both JOSM and the web > > interface now show the ref instead of the description, so until that gets > > resolved there is not very much chance people will want to move from the > > name tag to the description tag. > > I know, this is why i misued the name tag, too. I mentioned that in my > previous emails. [1][2] > > [1]: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-May/045180.html > [2]: https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-May/045186.html > > I'll file enhancement requests to the editors as soon as we find a > consensus. Currently, it seems that for hiking routes, using the > description tag instead of the name tag for route descriptions is > undispued, but, oddly, for public transportation routes it is not.
In my experience, the course of the route is the most used descriptive name fo nameless routes. So, how about adding a new tag "itinerary"? This would contain a simple "<from> - <via> - ... - <to>". Works for simple routes (no vias) and longer ones (two or three vias). As a data consumer, the advantage is that it would have a semi-fixed format that is easily parsable (for example: not enough display space? Drop the vias.) I believe that tag would work for PT routes as well, although it seems they would need a "headsign" tag in addition. NB: you can already change what tag is displayed as name for relations in JOSM. Go to "Advanced settings" and search for the setting "relation.nameOrder". There you can state a list of tags that JOSM should try for the display name. I've recently added 'symbol' there and now I can finally get rid of all the "Gelber Strich" hiking route names in the area. Sarah _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
