On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Selfish Seahorse <selfishseaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > iD's new 'Tram Stop / Platform' preset adds a `railway=platform` tag > even on nodes. I thought this were a bug [^1], but the wiki [^2] says: > >> platforms: `public_transport=platform` + `railway=platform` If the platform >> is just a pole with a sign and the tram stops on the road without a physical >> platform, use a single node to map the "platform". > > It seems wrong to me to tag a tram stop (not the stop position) with > `railway=platform` if there is no platform, but only a sidewalk or not > even that. (It's strange enough already that > `public_transport=platform` doesn't mean 'platform' when used on a > node.) Besides, the wiki is contradictory, because according to the > wiki page about `railway=platform` [^3], this tag should not be used > on nodes. > > If no one objects, I'd like to change the wiki page [^1] so that > `railway=platform` should not be used on nodes.
Since the Wiki defines the 'platform' as 'the place where passengers wait for the vehicle', it doesn't have to be anything in particular. A patch of sidewalk could indeed be a light rail 'platform'. Also, it's pretty common to permit nodes as surrogates for area features when the area is not known, not surveyed, not determinate, ... It's been a common practice in some quarters to drop in a node that means, "I know there is a building/park/whatever here" and then replace it with the area feature when the footprint is known. In some cases, the boundary of the area is indefinite - how close to the post you stand at a bus stop is up to you and your ability to catch the driver's eye. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
