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A city map of bus and train stations

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Re: A city map of bus and train stations

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Great use of OpenStreetMap data!

It would also be interesting to see the distribution of `bus_stop`'s with shelter and seat (full service) verses just a pole. Maybe amenity=shelter or covered=yes - I'm unsure if they're usually on the same node or a separate node (within x many metres).

In Australia there's a considerable variation of bus stop quality. There might be some interesting insights into where the minimum effort bus stops are (council/gov boundaries? transit deserts? who knows.)

Re: A city map of bus and train stations

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post #3

Great use of OpenStreetMap data! It would also be interesting to see the distribution of `bus_stop`'s with shelter and seat (full service) verses just a pole. Maybe amenity=shelter or covered=yes - I'm unsure if they're usually on the same node or a separate node (within x many metres). In Australia there's a considerable variation of bus stop quality. There might be some interesting insights into where the minimum e…

Here's two maps of my city (montreal), first is all bus stops and second one is all stops with a shelter:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/826191293138599937/...

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/826191293138599937/...

Re: A city map of bus and train stations

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post #8
post #3

Great use of OpenStreetMap data! It would also be interesting to see the distribution of `bus_stop`'s with shelter and seat (full service) verses just a pole. Maybe amenity=shelter or covered=yes - I'm unsure if they're usually on the same node or a separate node (within x many metres). In Australia there's a considerable variation of bus stop quality. There might be some interesting insights into where the minimum e…

Here's two maps of my city (montreal), first is all bus stops and second one is all stops with a shelter: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/826191293138599937/... https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/826191293138599937/...

Actually, here's a combined one: https://imgur.com/a/QtP5YeO Red is without shelter, black is with.
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