Hello everyone. I just got started mapping with OSM/ORM. I've added and
cleaned up a few things and while I'm sure I've made some mistakes I've learned
quite a bit.
1.) Is there an official convention for designating passenger train storage
yards at the end of the line? I've noticed some users prefer to tag them as
"service_station" and the guidelines weren't too clear. To me a "service
station" should be an employees-only station where regular trains do stop, but
only employees are allowed to board/exit (e.g. LIRR Hillside, NJT Meadowlands
Maintenance Complex). I've been adding them as yards (they're also more
visible zoomed out) but if someone had already had them as service_station but
I left them alone.
2.) I've noticed that if someone tagged an "area" as a yard, it won't display
in ORM. For a few of these, I've added a yard "point" so it could be seen on
ORM. It seems "redundant" though.
3.) Should intermodal terminals ("ramps") be tagged as yards? Should we
consider a new tag?
Lastly, is there a guide for what renders in ORM and what doesn't? It might be
helpful since sometimes I add something yet it takes a few days for ORM to
update so it's hard to know in advance what will render.
Things that I've realized won't render: funiculars and funicular stations
(they're there but no highlighting), abandoned:railway=station (would be nice
to see some of the historic stops and terminals, maybe rendered with a
strikethrough without the blue text), railway=preserved (the entire Strasburg
Railroad wasn't rendering and it's a freight shortline as well as a tourist
line, I switched it to railway=rail, usage=branch, railway:preserved=yes which
worked rather nicely), signal_boxes, signals, defect detectors (and we should
add defect_detector:high_car yes/no as an allowed tag), tunnel names (but
bridge areas seem to render; it would be nice to "tag" the Howard Street Tunnel
especially since it's right under a light rail line), turntable "areas"
(possibly even turntables themselves), switches, buffer stops
Things I'm not totally sure will render: railway=workshop, railway=interlocking
Things I know will render: railway=junction, railway=crossing, railway=site
(can we consider a tag for "timetable stations" on freight railroads, even as
a sub-tag?), railway=milestone (can we consider a railway:position:prefix for
milestone prefixes, I don't think we should use things like
railway:position=mi:CFP14.0)
OK that's quite a lot for a first post from a new guy. Thanks for reading.
My best to you,
Jon
