[mkgmap-dev] [patch] change bus_stop to Transit Service category and add name / operator

Sat Jul 18 05:49:17 BST 2009

used this in my
highway=bus_stop [0x2f17 resolution 21]

But it didn't appear in mapsource
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Marko Mäkelä<marko.makela at iki.fi> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 02:14:36AM -0400, Ben Konrath wrote:
>> Here's a patch to change the highway=bus_stop POI to the Transit Service
>> category and add the name and/or operator. As usual, comments are
>> welcome.
>
> Good idea!  This will nicely separate bus stops and train stops.  Maybe
> use the same symbol code also for tram stops?
>
>> -highway=bus_stop [0x2f08 resolution 21]
>> +highway=bus_stop { name '${name} - ${operator}' | '${name}' | '${operator}' } [0x2f17 resolution 20]
>
> Can we have a variant with ${name} ${ref} to the mix?  Or perhaps something
> like this:
>
> underground or train stations:
>        ${ref|highway-symbol:hbox} $name
> tram stops:
>        ${ref|highway-symbol:box} $name
> bus stops:
>        ${ref|highway-symbol:oval} $name
>
> Nope, unfortunately the Edge 705 would display the highway-symbol:oval
> as a substitution character (solid diamond, similar to U+FFFD).
>
> Around here, there usually are at least two stops with the same name,
> on each side of the road.  (Four if there are tram stops as well.)
> I would map all stops, especially if some of them are only reachable
> by bridges or tunnels.
>
> There will be a combinatorial explosion if there is no way to write
> this kind of rules:
>
> name += ref
> name += operator
>
> I tested this patch on my Edge 705.  Bus stations are still listed with
> train stops and train stations in the Ground Transport menu.
>
> Index: mkgmap/resources/styles/default/points
> ===================================================================
> --- mkgmap/resources/styles/default/points      (revision 1087)
> +++ mkgmap/resources/styles/default/points      (working copy)
> @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
>  amenity=university [0x2c05 resolution 21]
>  amenity=zoo [0x2c07 resolution 21]
>
> -highway=bus_stop [0x2f08 resolution 21]
> +highway=bus_stop | railway=tram_stop | railway=halt | railway=station { name '${name} ${ref} - ${operator}' | '${name} ${ref}' | '${name} - ${operator}' | '${ref} ${operator}' | '${name}' | '${ref}' | '${operator}' }
> +highway=bus_stop [0x2f17 resolution 20]
>
>  highway=motorway_junction { name '${ref} ${name}' | '${ref}' | '${name}' }
>  highway=motorway_junction [0x2000 resolution 16]
> @@ -133,7 +134,7 @@
>
>  railway=halt [0x2f08 resolution 21]
>  railway=station [0x2f08 resolution 20]
> -railway=tram_stop [0x2f08 resolution 21]
> +railway=tram_stop [0x2f17 resolution 21]
>
>  shop=bakers [0x2e02 resolution 20]
>  shop=bakery [0x2e02 resolution 20]
>
> Best regards,
>
>        Marko
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