Since most renders only display the name to make it useful to the casual map user I'd suggest "A name" or "B name" in the name field. There is a similar problem with the GTFS stop_code.
Cheerio John On 31 August 2010 14:17, Magnus Bäck <ba...@swipnet.se> wrote: > In the Skånetrafiken public transport network in southmost Sweden, bus > stops are identified not only by name but also by a capital letter that > identifies this particular platform (or stop position, if you will). In > most cases you have an "A" platform for one direction and a "B" platform > across the street for buses heading the other direction. Example below. > > http://openbusmap.org/?zoom=18&lat=56.01628&lon=12.72438&layers=BT > > How should this be entered into OSM? I think the information is useful > since bigger bus stations may have tens of platforms, but I don't feel > any of the existing tags really cover this case. For now I've included > it in the name ("Helsingborg Biblioteket (B)" etc, see above), but this > is hardly ideal. I suppose the ref attribute wouldn't be completely off, > but it seems more geared towards network-internal reference numbers that > are unknown to and useless for the travellers. The platform identifiers > should be displayed on maps but perhaps not as prominently as the stop > names. > > -- > Magnus Bäck > ba...@swipnet.se > > _______________________________________________ > 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
