On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 13:34, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-06-01 at 13:07 -0400, Jarek Piórkowski wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 1, 2021, 12:38 Dave F via Talk-transit <
> > talk-transit@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> > > On 01/06/2021 16:11, Christopher Parker wrote:
> > > > On 6/1/2021 10:54 AM, Dave F via Talk-transit wrote:
> > > > > What's wrong with consulting a timetable?
> > > >
> > > > To consult a timetable you need to know what station to use.
> > >
> > > Then map the stations!
> >
> > So we've mapped the stations Windsor and Eton Central and Windsor and
> > Eton Riverside, now how do we know which station timetable to consult
> > to find out how to get to Paddington? Riverside is marginally closer to
> > Paddington as the bird flies.
>
> Traveline https://www.traveline.info/
>
> Uses OSM and includes walking and buses, so will calculate the best
> station to walk to for the quickest journey. Other options are
> available.

Well the question was about knowing which timetable to consult off of
station(s) ref/ID tagged in OSM, based off a claim that all that's needed
in OSM are the refs. If we're going to just use Traveline, why bother
mapping any transport at all?
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