Merging and splitting stops

Owned by Johan Wiklund
Last updated: 18. Aug 2022
3 min read

Rather than deleting objects, or creating duplicates, NSR allows the user to transfer quays between stop places. This helps maintain static ID’s in the database and reduces the number of actions a user needs to perform in order to create a correctly structured stop.

This guide requires familiarity with

Step by step

Merge two stop places

This action presumes that one stop place is to be kept and the other discarded - yet all quays from both stop places are to be kept. This is typically used for culling duplicates or merging nearby stops.

Step

Actions

Screenshot

Step

Actions

Screenshot

1

  1. Open the stop place you wish to keep in edit mode.

  2. Click the stop place you wish to discard and select “Merge into stop place”

All quays from the discarded stop place are moved to the kept stop place. The discarded stop place is now expired.

 

2

  1. Make appropriate adjustments to the kept stop place.

 

Merge two quays

Step

Actions

Screenshot

Step

Actions

Screenshot

1

  1. Open the stop place with the quays you wish to merge.

  2. Click the quay you wish to merge (remove) and select the option “Merge from (source)”.

  3. Click the quay you wish to merge into (keep) and select the option “Merge to (target)”.

 

2

The quays are merged. A reference to the removed quay is added as a key-value to simplify historical tracking.

 

3

  1. Make appropriate adjustments to the stop place (for example adjusting the centroid).

  2. Make appropriate adjustments to the remaining quay(s). Please note that certain data, such as publicCode and key-values are copied to the remaining quay.

 

Video clip

This video clip shows merging two stop places as well as merging quays.

Move a quay to a different stop place

This will move the Quay to a different existing Stop Place.

Step

Actions

Screenshot

Step

Actions

Screenshot

1

  1. Open the stop place to which you want to move the quay

  2. Click the stop place from which you wish to move a quay and select “Show quays”.

Note that you should be in edit mode of the stop which is to receive the quay, not the one where the quay currently is.

 

2

  1. Click the quay you wish to move and select the option “Move to current”.

  2. In the dialogue, read the information and click Confirm if you wish to proceed.

  3. The quay is moved.

  4. Make appropriate adjustments to both stop places involved in the exchange.

 

Move a quay to a new stop place

This will create a NEW STOP PLACE for your Quay.

Step

Actions

Screenshot

Step

Actions

Screenshot

1

  1. Open the stop place with the quay(s) you wish to move.

  2. Click any of the quays (preferably the one you wish to move) and select the option “Move quay to new stop place”

  3. In the dialogue, check the quays you wish to move to the new stop place and Confirm.

  4. Wait while the request is processed. It may take a few seconds.

 

2

  1. A new dialogue opens at the top of the page.

  2. Open the new stop place either in the same tab, or a new tab.

 

 

  1. Give the new stop a name and a modality (required).

  2. Make appropriate adjustments to both stop places involved in the exchange.

 

Video clip