On 28/04/2020 08:45, Robin Däneke wrote:
Hello everybody,
I have lately been thinking about somehow reworking (or giving a new push to)
the current p_t:v2 scheme.
Especially for the fact, that, since it was first proposed and accepted, not a
lot has changed in which tags are rendered, how certain things are hence mapped
and the Wiki-Pages on the topic have also changed in the last years without any
visible going through another proposal process.
When I started mapping in 2011, and first read the german and then the english
p:t:v2 wiki pages, it was:
- highway=bus_stop is a legacy tag that should eventually be completely phased
out
It is a current, valid tag that's more detailed, clear, precise & more
popular than PTv2 equivalent.
- stop positions and platforms are to be both mapped
Platforms should only be mapped if there's a clear, raised section of
pavement for boarding a bus/tram. In OSM we map the physical world.
and some other things I already forgot…
Now, iD has a rule in its verifyer, that requires highway=bus_stop on platform
nodes. The point of the public_transport tags is, among other points, to
replace less dedicated highway tags.
highway=bus_stop is far more "dedicated" than public_transport=platform
which require further tags to clarify.
I think it would be time for a p_t:v2.5 proposal,
Oh dear.
PTv2 was sold as a complete schema, fully formed with no requirements
for amendments, yet there are these frequent proposals to tweak.
PTv2 adds nothing but extra tags & confusion. It runs in parallel to a
schema which has worked well since the OSMs inception. Time to drop it
completely.
DaveF
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