On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> wrote: > What we seem to be edging towards is a mixed tagging of route_ref and > relations, > being respectively the 'rough' and 'proper' way to tag bus routes, and the > need > for some lint-like tool to reconcile the two - at least as far as migrating > data > from route_ref to the ideal tagging.
The problem with tagging routes on a map is that they change s often. We saw during Sheffield's Transport Hack Day this weekend when the guys from our local travel authority showed us how bus routes don't just change from month to month, they change depending on the time of day! Some routes stop after a certain time of day, or they follow a different route at weekends. They follow a different route for 1 journey before or after school and they go to different stops because of roadworks. They publish 2 sets of data, 1 that includes all stops, and one that includes only the stops that are currently in use, however whichever set of data they use for their web based bus information, they get complaints from various people. To keep this information accurate you really would have to update it automatically, and given OSM's nature and the work people have done that might automatically be updated I'm not sure that would be an achievable goal. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
