Hi Peter, It's great to have you and the other people with so much domain knowledge on this list.
> Our challenge within OSM is to get all this knowledge, effort and > commitment turned into a usable and functional set of simple tags. I > love the way people are collecting photos of bus stop flags from all > over the UK to compare with the NaPTAN data, it is this level of > detailed attention that is going to take this project to some very > interesting places. I agree! It'd be worth us defining some expected use-cases for the transit data on OSM. Routing is clearly the main one. The thought of having to work with timetables makes my head explode, but as a simple first step, it'd be great to be able to do something like the 'Wizard' feature on the Transport for London journey planner maps http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk. (If you haven't seen this, give it a try. Do a search for a route on the journey planner, click for the map, and then click the 'wizard' button on the bottom right hand side of the map). Other use-cases would be things like being able to work out the nearest train station/bus stop to a place, and perhaps being able to see from the map which stations are 'accessible', and which aren't. Frankie -- Frankie Roberto Experience Designer, Rattle 0114 2706977 http://www.rattlecentral.com Sent from: Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom.
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