Talk:OpenRailwayMap/ETCS Markers

Modify national ETCS transition to use the same scheme of Level transition

I think it would be nice to slightly change the tagging schemes of national ETCS transtions to use the same scheme used for Level Transition. This to avoid problems with Stop Markers being in the same position of those national signs and so being unable to tag them on the same node. What do you think? --AwFi (talk) 12:58, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm unsure if they do have the same meaning. Because in switzerland ETCS L1 LS ist "everywhere" and then you transition into ETCS L2 via the "order" "change into cab signalling" or "end of cab signalling". --> there shouldn't be a transition sign at the borders of switzerland, even though it transitions into ETCS.

If you would want to use the same scheme for every country we would likely need something like type=start|end|distant_start|distant|end and from=0|1|1LS|2... and to=0|1|1LS|2... while "0" meaning without ETCS -> change to national standard. Piagno wiki (talk) 09:18, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Nevermind the marker is exactly on the border between ETCS L1 LS and ETCS L2. The relevant ETCS level is already on the track. So it should be clear from/to which level it goes.

Since there are zero level transitions (which I wasn't expecting..) on osm in switzerland I will remove the switzerland part from the wiki. So we shall use the standard on the wiki page. Piagno wiki (talk) 18:12, 4 May 2026 (UTC)