Hi Markus,
Thank you for your comments.
I stand corrected on the Name v. Ref issue. You are right; it would be better
to map a platform and tag it with Ref=<platform number> .
As regards your other comment; I stand by my view that it is useful to know
which services stop at a given station, but that any user wishing to travel
would expect to check which platform to stand on, as that could be changed at
short notice. So adding that detail to the map would not (IMHO) be useful.
Regards,
Peter
On Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 17:49:06 BST, Markus
<selfishseaho...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 15:08, Peter Neale via Tagging
<tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
> Within the station there will normally be several platforms, which may be
> named "Platform 1", "Platform 2"... ...or "Platform A", "Platform B" etc.
> These could / should be mapped and given an name tag.
Common practice is to use ref=*, not name=*, because it's the number
or letter of the platform, not its name. (This also has the advantage
that e.g. routers can translate it into other languages.)
> Whilst trains for particular destinations may NORMALLY use a certain
> platform, that can vary, depending on breakdowns, delays, scheduling issues,
> etc. so the Platforms should not be tagged with further information about the
> trains / route(s) using them.
I disagree. If the train normally uses the same platform, except in
some rare moments, i think it helps to know from which platform it
departs. Note that bus stops sometimes can also be displaced or even
omitted because of roadworks, breakdowns, delays etc.
Regards
Markus
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