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The Nordic NeTEx profile allows for even more complex modelling but these options are not yet in use due to widespread lack of useful datamore elements to be added to stop places. This guide covers only the most fundamental data points. |
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Quay | Marks the exact position where a vehicle stops, and its equipment. |
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StopPlace | Connects nearby Quays into a single stop with a common name, and sometimes common facilities or equipment. | |||||||||||||||||||
Multimodal StopPlace (or | Makes it possible to have two StopPlaces with different modalities connected as a single element. |
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The structure of a stop should always reflect the actual conditions and physical reality of the stop. Any fictitious data should always be avoidedis disallowed in order to keep the data clean, sustainable and predictable. This includes placing elements of the stop where they actually are rather than making adjustments to suit external situations and needs.
Placing elements on the map
Quay
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The positioning of stops is regulated by Håndbok N801. |
The Quay should be placed to correspond as precisely as possible with the estimated boarding position of a vehicle, usually on the front door of the vehicle or the exit point of a sea vessel. For a bus, this point is primarily the edge of the pavement or platform at the tactile paving mark. When no tactile paving exists the position is estimated. When the stop has no pavement the general position is estimated based on how the bus may fit into the existing space, placement of signs or shelters, or the otherwise most logical location to stop a bus along the road.
A precise placement reduces the need for future revisions of data and makes pedestrian routing more predictable.
For boats and aircraft, the end of the gangway or ramp onto to the vehicle in question is used.
For modalities which do not have a specific point of boarding, a centred- or weighted point, is preferable as seen in reference to the access points of the stop.
The placement of stops is regulated by Håndbok N801.
StopPlace
The placement of the StopPlace element has no regulation but it is sensible to locate these on the centerline of the road to which its subordinate Quays belong. StopPlace will likely can, for example, be used for icon placement in maps and such placement in connection with the road centerline is therefore helpfuladvantageous. In cases of a public transport terminal or other wider area which may be considered “the stop” the same stop place a centred position is preferable, as experienced by the traveller.
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A centred position for these elements is preferable. For very large areas, such as an airport parking, a positing near the access point to the airport - or splitting the parking into several objects may be useful.
Naming a stop
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The naming of stops is regulated by Håndbok N801. |
It is always a good idea to give each stop a unique name which works in all contexts. That is, the name should work equally well in a local, as a national context. This means names like “The Hospital” is considered bad since it only works in a local context. However, not all names can be given a nationally unique name. In these cases - usually for the smaller stops - a simple rule of “unique within the local administrative unit” is used, allowing the differentiation of stops to be made by showing the customer the stops municipality and county as part of the journey planning service.
For the same reason, including the name of municipality and county in the name of the stop is not allowed.
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When combining stops into Multimodal StopPlaces it is preferable to make the parent stop name equal, or more general than the names of the child-stops.
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