Hi,
I vote we merge the PR, and continue continue tagging with the train
protection "system vendor name". It is interesting to see on the map
that the EBICAB family of ATP products is used in Portugal, Sweden,
Norway & Finland.
On 07/02/2021 12:40, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> 1. Render compatible systems
> consequences:
> a) we proceed with this PR as is
> b) we have to retag Portugal, Sweden, Norway and Finland (I'm willing to
> help)
> c) we should create an additional PR to also render `railway:zub=123`
> d) Denmark should be tagged with `railway:zub=123`
If we are going to retag things, I still think that defining a
railway:train_protection=* system is much less work. Think about your PRs: how
many railway:foobar=no tags do you want to get a "proper" selector for "no
system".
We should leave the already established systems as they are for now, to avoid
a mass conversion, and only use this for "new" systems for the moment.
I also think we should consider adding country prefixes for these tagging
systems, it's likely that common names like "ATP" or something like that
may
show up more than once on the planet, so we would get DE:PZB.
And when we are thinking about, lets just think one step ahead: how do we want
to tag different levels or versions of the same system, especially if they may
be installed at the same time?
So, at the end, I think we should end up with something like:
railway:train_protection=DE:PZB;DE:LZB;ETCS:2.3
And for the systems from the previous mail that would be something like:
NO:ATC, SE:ATC, PT:CONVEL, FI:JKV
At the end it should probably be DK:ATC instead of DK:ZUB123 as we usually use
the local names in OSM.
I think we should avoid using common "system acronyms" like ATC. The use
of these terms has evolved over time. One recognised group of
terminology is Automatic Train Control (ATC) which is a system with the
following subsystems:
Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) - the management layer
Automatic Train Operation (ATO) - replaces a human driver
Automatic Train Protection (ATP) - stops the train if it exceeds its
authority
Using a "country" qualifier for the "local name" of the system helps,
but I don't think it resolves all cases.
In the Danish case, what is really an ATP system (Siemens ZUB123) is
also well known as ATC on Banedanmark lines. But there is also the
Copenhagen Metro which has an ATC system with ATO & ATP components from
what is now Hitachi, that are MicroLok products. This is a completely
different ATC system.
I wonder if it would be possible to tag with both the equipment name,
and the local name. But then what would be rendered?
Would it also be useful to have an additional tag "Grade of Automation"
so we capture whether there is ATO, DTO, UTO etc?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_train_operation
Regards,
Ross