2016-10-03 11:33 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > What is this "whole station"????? > Does that include; > a bus interchange located for rail passengers convenience? > a parking lot located for rail passengers use? > >
you can decide this, typically I would say yes, these could be part. > As a node it is well defined. > As an area its definition is nonexistant. > The train station area can have added details; > the area defined using landuse tag > any buildings/roof defined using the building tag > and so on (e.g. cafes, newsagent, toilet). > > You can't actually tell the "train station area" if you mapped only a node. > I think the 'node only' is best and simplest. > just do it then, nobody forces you to say how big a station is, what shape it has, where the exits are, what POIs belong to it, etc., just use a node and be done with it. Simple. FWIW, railway=station was defined on areas until someone decided to remove it in 2015. Looking at the actual data (which the wiki should document), there are 10% train stations mapped as areas, usage on ways growing constantly since 2009, growth on nodes slowed slightly down since 2013. Cheers, Martin
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