Hi Theo, that's really excellent - very happy to hear that!
I have a few suggestions: (1) In your edits (Weltstaat, Working for Mentz), the platforms are being (re)named like this: (e.g.) "Westbound to Tottenham Court Road" However, I've named a lot of platforms like this (corresponding example) "Holborn - Central Line - Westbound - Platform 1", whcih is what's written on the platform signage. Is there a reason to use this naming? Basically, for the user, having a correspondence between the signage and map is desirable, and I do think this is important in terms of searching for items (and makes it more usable for visually impaired users): E.g. a search for Holborn needs to give the users the entrances and platforms to a station (so that they can go from the entrance to the platform), see here http://bjohas.de/wiki/Maps/Transport_for_London/tags (and so a similar naming scheme should be used). Also, on a personal note, I've named a number of platforms in that way (see https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/232224387/history in the above case) and it's a shame that this information is changed in favour of a less informative (and IMHO less usable) name. :) (2) Are you going to add step-free accessibility to each entrance tag? It would be amazing if you did. As a user, it's helpful to know that a station is accessible step-free, but it's even better to know to which entrance this applies. For some large stations, the step-free entrance may be a way away from other (non-step-free) entrances. (For some stats, see http://bjohas.de/wiki/Maps/Transport_for_London/Map_Challenge_1_-_underground_entrances .) (3) As a general request, probably beyond scope: At the moment the tube lines themselves are mapped, but often don't follow the tagging guidelines (e.g. for relations), and cannot be used for routing ( http://bjohas.de/wiki/Maps/Transport_for_London). I would love for somebody to fix this. I've done some of it myself, but it's long-winded. Maybe TfL could encourage us to get together for a mapathon, to celebrate the station maps, and then we fix the network too. That would mean you could actually route from street-level at one station, through to street level at another, would would be great. Let me know what you think! Bjoern On 13 March 2018 at 09:45, Chapple Theo <theochap...@tfl.gov.uk> wrote: > Hi everyone > > Further to my earlier message, I’m pleased to inform you that TfL’s > supplier, Mentz, has added the data to OSM to map the first batch of TfL > stations: > > - North Greenwich > > - Aldgate East > > - Tottenham Court Road > > - Canning Town > > - Elephant and Castle > > - Canada Water > > - Farringdon > > - Holborn > > - Belsize Park > > - Bank > > - Arsenal > > - Notting Hill Gate > > - Euston Square > > - Great Portland Street > > - Hammersmith > > We will be adding more stations over the coming days. Please do let us > know if you have any comments on questions. > > Thanks, > > Theo > > > > *Theo Chapple* | Digital Partnerships Manager | Digital | *Technology & > Data* > > > > *Transport for London* | Floor 2 G, 14 Pier Walk, North Greenwich, > London SE10 0ES | Tel: *020 7027 2983* | Internal: *82983* | Mobile: > *07789653898* | E-mail: theochap...@tfl.gov.uk | Web: www.tfl.gov.uk > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************ > *********************** > > The contents of this e-mail and any attached files are confidential. If > you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately at > postmas...@tfl.gov.uk and remove it from your system. If received in > error, please do not use, disseminate, forward, print or copy this email or > its content. Transport for London excludes any warranty and any liability > as to the quality or accuracy of the contents of this email and any > attached files. > > > > Transport for London is a statutory corporation whose principal office is > at 55 Broadway, London, SW1H 0DB. Further information about Transport for > London’s subsidiary companies can be found on the following link: > http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/ > > > > Although TfL have scanned this email (including attachments) for viruses, > recipients are advised to carry out their own virus check before opening > any attachments, as TfL accepts no liability for any loss, or damage which > may be caused by viruses. > > ************************************************************ > *********************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-gb-london mailing list > Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london > >
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