<html><body><div>Hello Eike,<br><br>thanks for the suggestion. I'll take it into account. You guys can expect a proposal to the imports mailing list within 3 weeks.<br><br>Kind regards,</div><div>Jeroen </div><div><br>Op 10 mei 2015 om 21:10 uur uur schreef Rolf Eike Beer <eike@sf-mail.de>:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content"><span class="body-text-content">Am Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2015, 11:55:39 schrieb JJJ Wegdam:<br></span></span><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">Good afternoon Eike,</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> Op 7 mei 2015 om 08:14 heeft Rolf Eike Beer <<a href="mailto:eike@sf-mail.de" data-mce-href="mailto:eike@sf-mail.de">eike@sf-mail.de</a>> het volgende</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> geschreven:></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> Am Samstag, 2. Mai 2015, 22:28:43 schrieb JJJ Wegdam:</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> Dear contributors,</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> while the WMS of the milestones (slice 1) ought to be being developed, I</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> decided to introduce you guys to slice 2. The proposal that I'm about to</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> present is about the Dutch equivalent of Betriebsstelle:</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> dienstregelingspunten. Freely translated, this means timetable-nodes. The</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> English equivalent is the collection of yards, junctions, sidings and</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> moveable bridges (note that yards and sidings are distinguished in the</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">>> Dutch definition).</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> So, what exactly will that look like? One point per "station", that would</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> match what we have as railway=station (or halt, or service_station)? For</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> those elements the node is placed "in the center of the object", so I</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">> guess any coordinate you would give us would be fine.</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">You can consider the data as a collection of names for points of interest</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">along the railway, which the operator uses to construct a smooth timetable.</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">For more info on the subject, you could consult</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Operating_Sites" data-mce-href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Operating_Sites">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenRailwayMap/Tagging#Operating_Sites</a>,</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">where the tagging of these nodes is described. I already tested two</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">locations:</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">• <a href="http://puu.sh/hExsV/47862d83d4.jpg" data-mce-href="http://puu.sh/hExsV/47862d83d4.jpg">http://puu.sh/hExsV/47862d83d4.jpg</a> shows an example of a cargo yard near</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">Rotterdam. • <a href="http://puu.sh/hExu2/8f324e6bc0.jpg" data-mce-href="http://puu.sh/hExu2/8f324e6bc0.jpg">http://puu.sh/hExu2/8f324e6bc0.jpg</a> is a junction near</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">Amersfoort.</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">My main question is: assuming that everything will be done in accordance</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">with the import guidelines and ORM tagging scheme, would you agree on an</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">automated import of these nodes?</blockquote><span class="body-text-content"><br>I'm probably no authority, but for me this sounds as it is in accordance with <br>our tagging scheme. I would suggest you show a small piece of (OSM) data on <br>the import wiki page to make it easier to see if your new nodes are "sound".<br> <br>Eike</span></div><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">_______________________________________________<br>Openrailwaymap mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Openrailwaymap@openrailwaymap.org" data-mce-href="mailto:Openrailwaymap@openrailwaymap.org">Openrailwaymap@openrailwaymap.org</a> <br> <a href="http://lists.openrailwaymap.org/lists/listinfo/openrailwaymap" data-mce-href="http://lists.openrailwaymap.org/lists/listinfo/openrailwaymap">http://lists.openrailwaymap.org/lists/listinfo/openrailwaymap</a> <br> </span></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>