Could I please get some examples of this on OSM? links would be great.

Thanks,
Nat
email: [email protected]


On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 8:42 AM Michael Kümmling <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Am 22.01.21 um 13:46 schrieb Rolf Eike Beer:
> > Am Dienstag, 19. Januar 2021, 22:49:52 CET schrieb JJJ Wegdam via
> > Openrailwaymap:
> >> The Dutch national law
> >> (https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0017707/2020-04-01 appendix 2, chapter
> 13)
> >> allows two types of ETCS stop marker signs under the same signal
> reference
> >> number:
> >>
> >> This makes tagging a bit harder than usual. Normally we would just say:
> >> railway:signal:train_protection = nl:227b
> >>
> >> Because there are two types of signs I propose the tags:
> >>
> >> railway:signal:train_protection = nl:227b_triangle
> >> railway:signal:train_protection = nl:227b_arrow
> >>
> >> In case we agree about this, I will proceed with changing the wiki and
> my
> >> (currently 'paused') pull request.
> >
> > I think this needs a bit more context. First, this is the PR he is
> talking
> > about: https://github.com/OpenRailwayMap/OpenRailwayMap/pull/701
> >
> > It started with an innocent "let's add the ETCS stop marker rendering as
> used
> > in NL". But then I came up with this:
> >
> >> According to the German Wikipedia this is an older version of the signal
> >> which has been replaced in newer versions of the ETCS standard because
> it
> >> could be confused with a France signal of different meaning.
> >
> > It looks like both are permitted in NL at the moment and this will not
> change
> > shortly:
> >
> >> The Netherlands has two ETCS level 2 trajectories (railway lines with
> ETCS
> >> block markers). The high speed line between Amsterdam and Antwerp has
> (both
> >> on Dutch and Belgian soil) the triangle-shaped signs. The cargo line
> from
> >> Rotterdam to the Ruhrgebiet area has arrow-shaped signs. There are no
> plans
> >> to change the triangle-shaped block marker boards on the high speed
> line.
> >
> >> My current solution is to use
> >> "railway:signal:train_protection"="DE-ESO:ne14"on the Germany-bound
> line and
> >> "railway:signal:train_protection"="NL:227b" on the Belgium-bound line.
> >
> > And that is the point where I started to disagree:
> >
> >> Any tagging of DE-ESO signals on a railway line in the Netherlands is
> plain
> >> wrong, this is just "tagging for the renderer".
> >
> > So, the question is, what are we doing now. In my eyes the whole
> situation is
> > very similar to what we have regarding H/V light signals in Germany,
> where
> > there are at least 3 types all tagged the same as they have the same
> meaning,
> > they just differ in how they are built.
> >
> > I would think adding another subtag like ":version", ":generation",
> ":shape"
> > or something for all of these cases, and then do something like
> >
> > railway:signal:train_protection = nl:227b
> > railway:signal:train_protection:shape = triangle
> >
> > Shouldn't this be NL instead?
> >
> > railway:signal:main = DE-ESO:hp
> > railway:signal:main:form = light
> > railway:signal:main:shape = compact
> >
> > The same also applies for the newer signals where entirely different
> shapes
> > are in use if mounted inside a tunnel or beneath a platform roof:
> >
> > railway:signal:main = DE-ESO:ks
> > railway:signal:main:shape = tunnel
> >
> > The advantage is that noone has to do case switching if the actual form
> of the
> > signal isn't relevant, e.g. when doing some sort of routing, you only
> need to
> > know there _is_ a signal. Renderers then can look at the subtags and
> decide to
> > use whatever default fits best if it is not present.
> I support your proposal. If a signal has different variants, which share
> the same number, name and meaning, it should have one value in OSM/ORM
> as well.
>
>
> Regards,
> Micha
>

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