MENTZ GmbH/Modellierungsvorschläge Indoor

The points below should provide support for indoor modeling in OpenStreetMap. The topics are presenting a collection of information, which was taken from OSM-Wiki. The aim is to reflect the guidelines for modeling real features. We are thankful for any annotations and comments: MENTZ Kontakt

Access to our other topics:

• Transport Routes
• Public transport
• POI
• POI (used rarely)

Footways

This abstract describes all details, how pedestrians can reach public transport. For providing pedestrian routing in OSM, it is necessary that footways are connected from the street to the platform. Accessible (barrier-free) routing should be enabled by the consideration of adding elevators, ramps or escalators.

Guideposts for pedestrians inside buildings

The following abstract deals with the creation of tagging-suggestions about the topic "guideposts inside railway stations". The suggested tagging does not present the official course of action. We are thankful for any annotations and comments: MENTZ Kontakt Eifler

The aim of this method is to simplify the indoor routing with the aid of guideposts.

In intermodal routes, often electric information desks are proceeding support. But mostly people are left on their own while navigating throughout complicated railway station constructions. In this case, only simple and comprehensible guideposts could help. To have an idea about which signs to follow, the OSM-Data should proceed the necessary information in future.

Guideposts are captured with relations type=destination_sign. These relations are enabling to describe guideposts at the beginning and at the end of crosses in OSM. Examples, how these relations could be used for indoor paths: destination=* or destination:symbol=* destination:url=*.

It's important to only implement signs, which are crucially needed for finding the destination. Furthermore the data must be complete. The relations are only showing the direction, but not the destination. So if a curve doesn't appear and the passenger is still following the direction of the sign before, the possibility of getting into the wrong way could be the case.

To edit signposts pleasantly, there is a special style in JOSM to get the relation-members shown.

sign.mapcss

meta 
{    
title: "destination_sign Relation";
autor: mdv;
   min-josm-version: "2015-09-02";
	  watch-modified: true;
	      description: "Highlight relation rols from, sign and to";
}
relation[type=destination_sign] >[role="to"] node {  
   icon-image: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/6/65/To_sign.png;
}
relation[type=destination_sign] >[role="from"] node { 
    icon-image: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/7/7d/From_sign.png;
}
relation[type=destination_sign] >[role="sign"] node {  
    icon-image: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/5/50/Sign_sign.png;
	text: "destination"
}

Beacons

Railway station

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The railway station is marked as a point in the middle of the station (not on the track). If it's divided in more independent stations, every single station gets its own point (e.g. Berlin Zoologischer Garten und S Zoologischer Garten). In case of stations which are "internal parts" of other stations the connection will be created with Site (Relation) (e.g. Köln Hansaring is a station part of Köln Hauptbahnhof).

Railway station building

Railway station buildings are modeled as an area with the tag building=train_station.

Platform

Passengers are waiting for public transport on platforms. These platforms are tagged with public_transport=platform and can be created as points, lines or areas. Areas are recommended, when the platform is identified as an area (light traffic platforms and large bus stations). Generally, there is always a drive-in possibility nearby.

If a platform is having an edge, for example an access in the middle of the platform, a line for the surrounding outline and another line for the steps will be added. Both lines are part of a relation (type=multipolygon). The outline gets the role "outer" and the line of the steps (inside the outline) gets the role "inner". The tags from the previous table will be applied and added into the relations between the routes and stations, because the relation is now representing a platform.
For example: S-Bahnhof München-Pasing

Equipment

Information centers and shops in railway stations

There are often different shops at stations. They are captured with areas or knots (only if accurate position is unknown). Catering/ gastronomy services and vending machines are tagged with amenity=*, while other shops are captured with shop=*. Office areas should also contain an entrance point entrance=*. Examples for typical shops on stations.

Accesses

Underground areas