On Feb 19, 2022, at 4:11 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone is mapping a 'train tour' into OSM. > Should such things be mapped?
Yes. As someone who extensively maps rail infrastructure relations (route=railway) as well as both passenger routes (route=train, route=light_rail, route=tram, route=monorail...) which are "typical passenger trains" (like commuter lines, light rail, urban trams, airport-style monorails...) AND passenger routes on rail which are "heritage / tourist / museum" trains, it is clear to many in OSM that these deserved to be mapped: they are quite extensively. Additionally, sometimes the (subtle, see above!) tagging schemes (not to mention PTv1 and PTv2 differences) for these differing kinds of passenger rail services (passenger=international, passenger=national, passenger=regional, passenger=suburban, passenger=urban, passenger=local) need explaining. Sometimes, such "tourist" routes deserve to be tagged "passenger=local" (or maybe urban, depending on length and speed), if they provide some modicum of passenger service (in addition to the touristic or "heritage / museum" kinds of services). Other times, a passenger=* tag doesn't belong, as the trains are only for excursion or educational purposes. For a rich example, please see https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/California/Railroads/Passenger , especially the last section: "Tourism, museum, heritage and historic (possibly passenger=local) trains." Do recall that it is typical around the world for there to be TWO route relations associated with such a passenger route: the underlying infrastructure (route=railway) and the passenger route proper (route=train / light_rail / tram / monorail...). The latter have Public Transport Version 1 and Version 2 variants. Additionally, Germany often has a third relation (at the "bottom" of this hierarchy of routes) known as route=tracks, which isn't often found outside of Western Europe. Australia appears to be a place where route=tracks relations are seldom, if ever, found. Thank you for asking. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
