Dear Felix, > As far as I have understood, the discussion of having time information in OSM > has been going back and forth for years. And I'd also be a supporter of > having this model included in OSM. > But - another idea - what about storing public transport time information > separately, but also with an open license? OSM is not just the core project, > there are so many good solutions in the bigger OSM family (See the routing > engines, JOSM, export tool, openaerialmap.org, etc.. long list here). We > could be a lot more flexible in a project dedicated to store time information > based on OSM stops (osm_id would be the good identifier): I'm thinking about > a (web) service, provide a database instance, with an easy REST API to store > and query data, probably some editors (web interface, JOSM plugin,...). We > could query OSM public transport stops (by osm id), put them into the > database and add/edit time information on it collaboratively, implement > imports and exports (GTFS) and different schedule data models. Of course I'm > describing it very simply, but the basic idea is: Why fight to have it inside > the OSM data model, if we could create a decent service around it?
I am also interested in making a public transport routing software for my town, and need a place to store those time information (including frequency-based metro routes and fixed time bus routes). I don't think that OSM can store these data and may develop a web interface for crowd-sourcing those in the future. Michael _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit
