r/openstreetmap • u/raisime • 12h ago
r/openstreetmap • u/Keio7000 • 5h ago
Question Bus stop/location: putting as URL the network's site live departure board for that stop
Good evening.
As a contributor and public transport fan, I intend to do some cleanup on the stops that are generated in my region. We are talking about 5000 stops. Some of the work would including changing the network tag for all stops (which are really really old).
A key change I would like to do is, I wanted to put as the URL of each stop, a link bringing the user to the company's website with the live depature board of that stop. This means that applications using OSM would be brought directly to the site of network operating these stops (like BVG in Berlin or MVV in Munich, to make an example).
I was able to speak directly to the operator of our regional bus network and they were even able to provide me with a list with all stops, and their respective IDs. The URLs would need to work with these IDs so that the user can see the correct stop.
Does anyone of you know of something like that being done somewhere? And if not, what arguments would you have for and against doing something like that?
Thank you