Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 07:43 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: > if it's about whether the subway/rapid-transit system is connected to > the national rail system That doesn't quite work. For example, the US doesn't have a national rail system. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed m

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 11:43 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2011/9/22 Chris Dombroski : > > On Thursday, September 22, 2011 07:54:29 AM sabas88 wrote: > >> > How is someone to determine whether something is a railway=station or a > >> > railway=subway_station? > >> If it's on a metro (subway) l

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/25/11 1:01 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: Doesn't Amtrak and New York MTA have a couple stations where subways and Acela bullet trains share tracks and stations? Acela goes into Penn Station, the only stop in NYC and while there are stairs/escalators to get to the subway, that's about it. the MT

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 9/25/2011 12:59 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 07:43 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: if it's about whether the subway/rapid-transit system is connected to the national rail system That doesn't quite work. For example, the US doesn't have a national rail system. Sure it do

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 9/25/2011 1:01 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: Doesn't Amtrak and New York MTA have a couple stations where subways and Acela bullet trains share tracks and stations? No. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/li

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 9/25/2011 1:15 PM, Richard Welty wrote: the MTA uses Grand Central, which Amtrak got out of years ago after the tunnel to Penn from the Hudson River line was finally constructed. MTA *Metro-North Railroad* uses Grand Central for its east-of-the-Hudson trains (others end in Hoboken). MTA *Lo

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 13:15 -0400, Richard Welty wrote: > On 9/25/11 1:01 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Doesn't Amtrak and New York MTA have a couple stations where subways > > and Acela bullet trains share tracks and stations? > Acela goes into Penn Station, the only stop in NYC and while there are

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 13:16 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 9/25/2011 12:59 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 07:43 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: > > > >>if it's about whether the subway/rapid-transit system is connected to > >>the national rail system > > > > That doesn't q

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/25/11 1:38 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 13:15 -0400, Richard Welty wrote: On 9/25/11 1:01 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: Doesn't Amtrak and New York MTA have a couple stations where subways and Acela bullet trains share tracks and stations? Acela goes into Penn Station, the only

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 9/25/2011 1:40 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 13:16 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 9/25/2011 12:59 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 07:43 -0400, Greg Troxel wrote: if it's about whether the subway/rapid-transit system is connected to the national rail

Re: [Tagging] railways, subway stations and train stations

2011-09-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 9/25/2011 1:52 PM, Richard Welty wrote: On 9/25/11 1:38 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 13:15 -0400, Richard Welty wrote: On 9/25/11 1:01 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: Doesn't Amtrak and New York MTA have a couple stations where subways and Acela bullet trains share tracks and stati

Re: [Tagging] Lanes tag, way forward

2011-09-25 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > How does this sound for a compromise? > > Many ways are not tagged with the total number of lanes at all points, but > only with the number of through lanes. Therefore, end users should treat the > lanes tag as a minimum rather than an ex