Sorry I was not on line when this was being discussed - but Peter gave me the lead to contribute.
"Indicator" is supposed to be a short qualifier of the commonname that creates a uniqueness to the stop point name. There is a list of approved abbreviations (maybe incomplete from what Peter has said) - but from experience there is also a provisional list of "preferred indicators" that are about to be promoted nationwide (this is expected to be extended in the light of experience). I attach that list for information ... they are reasonably well adhered to already in the SE, EM and EA regions - but not necessarily so well used elsewhere at present (some regions are much better than others - it rather depends how much legacy data was permitted to get into NaPTAN when it was first created). I am under no illusions about the fact that indicators are not good at many stops now - and it will take years before adherence to the principle of them being a short qualifier of the common name is fully adhered to. As for before and beyond, they are not words that currently appear in the list at present - but I can see that they might be useful additions --- but NOT bey and bef which are not abbreviations which are in common usage anywhere! Roger -----Original Message----- From: talk-transit-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-transit-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Peter Miller Sent: 05 November 2009 9:47 AM To: Public transport/transit/shared taxi related topics Subject: Re: [Talk-transit] Abbreviations in naptan:indicator On 4 Nov 2009, at 22:40, Christoph Böhme wrote: > Bryce McKinlay <bmckin...@gmail.com> schrieb: > >> 2009/11/4 Christoph Böhme <christ...@b3e.net>: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to make sense of the abbrevations used in the >>> naptan:indicator tag. adj and opp are clear but I cannot work out >>> what bey and bef are supposed to mean. >> >> Beyond / Before ? > > Yes, that sounds likely. But then beyond or before what? I tried to > work out the meaning of the indicators on the stops shown here [1], > but to me both are beyond or before Princethorpe Road. > You can read about about the NaPTAN standard [1] however the list of preferred values for indicator in table 3.12 (page 54) don't match very well with what I see being used and doesn't contain Before and Beyond. For example 'adj' is missing from the list which is frequently used for 'adjacent'. Do be aware that the use of the indicator field is still being refined and not everything that is in the current database is good practice. Possibly Roger (Slevin) or Peter (Stoner) will be able to give us some more detail on this. [1] http://www.dft.gov.uk/naptan/schema/schemas.htm#2.2 Regards, Peter > Christoph > > [1] > http://mappa-mercia.org/novam/?scheme=birmingham&zoom=18&lat=52.43754&lon=-1 .96556&layers=BT > > >> Bryce >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-transit mailing list >> Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit
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