The number of stations is quite small, so people will find a way to deal with it. Probably by re-adding nodes until the area advocates give up.
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Copro Grammes <coprogram...@yahoo.fr>wrote: > OK! > Just one question: what do you mean saying "Having separate node and area > doesn't usually create too many problems" ? Currently, either a node or an > area is created to define a railway station, isn't it ? So there is never > separate node and area in the same station. Is there something I didn't > understand ? > > Zigeuner > > > Le Mercredi 18 décembre 2013 10h49, Richard Mann < > richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com> a écrit : > The label role would be a solution, but unfortunately it isn't supported > by the major renderers (afaik). So for the moment we stick with having the > tags on the label node. Since the label is usually fairly obvious, having > separate node and area doesn't usually create too many problems. > > So the main reason for change would be to fit in with a some mappers > desire for everything to be tied up neatly in relations. That's not really > a good enough reason. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. > > Richard > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Copro Grammes <coprogram...@yahoo.fr>wrote: > > Thank you for your answers. > > I was also inclined to add railway=station tag to a node rather than to an > area. But some French mappers advocate for the 'area' solution, contrary to > the former version of the wiki, and I've begun to hesitate between both the > approaches. > So I was hoping this debate could be settled, but currently this is > clearly not the case... Doesn't this matter interest anybody else ? Or > doesn't anybody else have an opinion about this question ? > > >This problem is not know (see place=*). We even already have an > solution: role "label". > The role "label" could be interesting, but how can we use it ? > Did you mean we could create a label relation [1] ? Or did you mean we > should add a node with the role "label" to the stop_area relation which > would be tagged railway=station (but the stop_area could also contain a bus > station, a subway station, etc.) ? > > >For new created objects I only use the new scheme but I do not delete > the older tags if already tagged but only add the new ones. > So I think it means you add the "public_transport=station" tag to the > same node/area which was already tagged "railway=station" (as Roland > did), doesn'it ? > > Cheers, > Zigeuner > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Label > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-transit mailing list > Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit > >
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