Thanks for all the great responses!

I need to find some time to respond effectively to these emails.

Thanks,
Nat P
email: [email protected]


On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 1:45 AM Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am Montag, 4. Januar 2021, 10:36:10 CET schrieb Natfoot:
> > Rolf,
> > Thanks for the quick reply.  I think I am confused by the ISO symbolying
> > that is suggested to be used in the value location of these attributes.
> > Though I could be wrong.
> >
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:railway:signal:distant
> > States:"only light and semaphore signals railway:signal:distant:states
> > <
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:railway:signal:distant
> > :states&action=edit&redlink=1> =* – displayable signal apsects (e.g.
> stop,
> > proceed, proceed at low speed, …). The value should begin with a
> > country-operator-prefix, e.g. DE-ESO: or AT-V2"
> >
> > additionally in this email from the archive
> >
> https://lists.openrailwaymap.org/archives/openrailwaymap/2015-July/000311.ht
> > ml
> >
> > "...the aspects of signals can show the following:
> >
> > - main: Hp0, Ks1
> > - distant: Ks1, Ks2"
> >
> > There is no chart I could find with these ISO codes or any other
> > documentation I could find.
>
> This state list could predate the mandatory prefix, I remember that this
> was
> changed and we did a lot o retagging to make sure the values are unique
> worldwide.
>
> So in Germany the values ending at 0 are "stop",1 is "pass", and "2" is
> "pass
> slowly" or "expect stop". There are multiple signalling systems around,
> but
> that is what they have in common. For the oldest system (H/V) the main
> aspects
> are named Hp, and the distand aspects are named Vr. As a distant signal
> can
> only show what the main signal has this means:
>
> main: DE-ESO:hp0;DE-ESO:hp2 (stop, pass slowly)
> distant: DE-ESO:vr0;DE-ESO:vr2
>
> As a bonus the stop aspect is named "hp0" in all signalling systems, so
> you
> may as well see "DE-ESO:hp0;DE-ESO:ks2", meaning "stop" and "expect stop".
>
> The H/V hp2 is a "pass slowly" aspect, if not noted with an additional
> speed
> signal means 40km/h. The Ks2 aspect means "expect stop", all speed
> regulations
> are explicitely signalled in this system.
>
> Eike

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