Ferries use just amenity=ferry_terminal and route=ferry. You can also map the man_made=pier as the equivalent of a “platform”.
Similarly, aerialways like gondolas have their own station tag, aerialway=station. The public_transport tags have never been popular for ferries or “aerialways”. On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 9:39 AM Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ferries also seam to be forgotten... > > public_transport=platform??? Covers ferry, bus, train, trams ... ?? > > (One ring to rule them all etc) > > With regard to ref. I have bus stops that have 'Stand A' etc near train > stations. these also carry a reference number that is used by the transport > company - they are handy if you knowthem as you can type that in as your > destination or start for there website on finding a trip scheduled/fee. > Discussion on the Australian list resulted in this > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Bus_Stop_names_and_references > > > > On 31/07/19 22:43, Jo wrote: > > bus_bay = right | left | both ( > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/485293336 ) > > For me the object that represents the bus stop, is always a simple node. I > don't see a problem for doing that in bus stations as well. > > If there are actual platforms, whether in a bus station or somewhere along > a way, it can be tagged: > > highway=platform (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/304753571) > > or > > or railway=platform (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/255344359) > > for trams. > > on a way. > > These ways don't get the ref, name, route_ref, zone, local_ref, operator, > network, and so on, those go on the node that represents the bus stop. Only > that node needs to be added to the route relations. It doesn't get any > simpler than that. > > > Good. I can see no benefit to adding additional information to the route. > Things like shelters, toilets etc all become evident when the map is > viewed. The routeing information does not need it. > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/576656712 (example of a bus stop > served by 3 different operators near Brussels, I only put > public_transport=platform, bus=yes because for a few years that seemed like > the right thing to do. Today I wouldn't mind removing those 2 tags once > again.) > > Those platform ways could get: > > tactile_paving=yes > wheelchair=yes > height= > > So there is no real conflict between highway=bus_stop or railway=tram_stop > on a node > > and > > highway=platform or railway=platform on a way or an area. > > Polyglot > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:13 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 12:52, Joseph Eisenberg < >> joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Agreed, there are enough tags for public transport already. I don't >>> think anything new is needed. >>> >> >> There's something I haven't found a way of mapping. That's a bus stop >> where there's a bay >> inlet into the pavement (aka sidewalk, aka causeway). If it served a >> different purpose and >> had different road markings, it could be a lay-by (aka rest area) or a >> parking bay. But it's a >> bus stop where the bus does not obstruct the flow of traffic. There are >> four of those in >> my town, that I can think of (there may be others I've missed). >> >> Yes, I could use area:highway or add area=yes to a closed way, but those >> don't seem to render >> on a popular, well-known carto intended for mappers to check their work >> for anything but >> pedestrian ways. >> >> Is there a way of doing it that I've missed? If not, could we have one? >> >> Example: https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#map=20/52.08760/-4.65318 >> >> -- >> Paul >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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