On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 13:17, Daniel Capilla <dcapil...@gmail.com> wrote: > When we started mapping the bus routes in Málaga, Alan Grant and I came > to the conclusion that it was not necessary to add "stop_area" relations > due to the type of bus stops in Málaga, [2] where there are no actual > stop areas (only a stop position in the own road and a pole on the > sidewalk usually). > > Is that solution correct? Should we add "stop_area" relations at every > bus stop position? I would have to create a lot of additional relations, > only with the stop position and the platform features. I am not sure if > that would be reasonable/useful for any purpose. What do you think? > > [2] > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ES_talk:Rutas_de_bus_en_M%C3%A1laga#Uso_de_la_relaci.C3.B3n_.22stop_area.22 > (in Spanish)
stop_area does not seem necessary for support in many popular OSM transit data consumers (OsmAnd and öpnvkarte/openbusmap come to mind). You probably don't have to add them unless something is really unclear without it. In particular it doesn't seem very necessary for simple cases like 2 stops on either side of the road. (It won't hurt, but it's not necessary.) Reading through (autotranslated) wiki discussion, it does make some sense that stop_area is more useful in areas where a number of physical halt points share one ref ID. If that's not the case for you, probably don't need to bother. --Jarek _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit