Talk:Key:uic name
We need uic_name
uic_name is the corresponding name to uic_ref for railway-stations. uic_name is writen in the spezial way of external finding machines respectively lists.
ref_name , ref:IBNR or VRS:ref ... are usefull for lokal systems , as ref_name via openptmap for HAFAS.
ref_name is usefull for every stop/halt/station which is not a railway-station.
By the way IBNR in ref:IBNR is used in a wrong way because IBNR is the german translation for international railway number. Members of the IBNR-lists are the 7-digit international railway number and also the 6-digits lokal numbers. The tag ref:IBNR is only used for the 6-digits lokal numbers.
The openptmap use public_transport in his name (pt) and in routes but not for stopping points.
I found by testing:
Till 2014 this map refers only highway=bus_stop, railway=tram_stop and railway=station
and not public_transport=stop_position\platform\stop_area.
openptmap use uic_ref international-railway-number 7-digits (and 6-digits from lokal-system, which is not a international-railway-number)
openptmap use ref_name for both international-railway-number and lokal-system
openptmap use name if there is no uic_ref and no ref_name.
But we do not map for renderer.
Netzwolf shows a better way in http://www.netzwolf.info/kartografie/osm/bus_und_bahn/ibnr?zoom=12&lat=55.76104&lon=37.64494&layers=B0FT
My opinion:
- uic_name is necessary to know a station-name in Cyrillic or Arabian language area.
- We should use it also in Western Europe.
- uic_name is only for international-railway-numbers (with 7-digits uic-ref).