Blog posts from Kuala Lumpur (#kuala-lumpur)
Added all klia2 Parking Lanes (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Terminal 2)
Mapping Saga Continues at klia2 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
Added Pier P gate numbers Added Pier Q gate numbers Added Pier K/L gate numbers I have discussed those changesets in Part 1 and Part 2. Now it’s time to complete this map. I recently added the final gates in klia2, which is located at Pier J (Domestic). That’s the main message, however someone have added some lengths of lines connected to the taxiway. Unfortunately, these are not visible in the regular OpenStreetMap layer. Before changeset Apparently, they are the aeroway:parking_position paths. These paths are self-explanatory, which are the ones followed by an aircraft to safely deliver passengers to the parking spot (and terminal gates). Bing satellite imagery provides a clear view of these lines to be added. That’s the motivation to complete the Pier K/L parking position lines in Changesets 63867934 and 63868266. Actually, there are some paths that are still unmapped, specifically in the gates K20, L20 and L22. aeroway:parking_position lines will be added in other piers (and hopefully Terminal 1) soon, to make the entire KLIA to be better mapped for the public.
Part 2 of Adding Gate Numbers in klia2 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Terminal 2)
Continuing from one of my previous post I have added more gates for Pier K/L and Pier Q. After changeset Before this changeset is submitted, the map of klia2 only has a full set of Pier P gate numbers (added by myself) and a lonely Gate Q10. I reused the old Q10 node in these changesets so there are fewer changes to the map database. Additionally, as in Changeset 63791506, I decided to join the Airport Gate “nodes” to the entire klia2 building. This makes node placement easier as I am no longer need to estimate the equal distance between the airport’s edge to those nodes. The Pier K/L is, perhaps, another unique feature of the klia2 Terminal. The official website from Malaysia Airports states that even though Pier K is intended for domestic flights and Pier I for international, they actually take place on the same pier area on different level heights. (Pier K gates are on Level 1A, while Pier L gates are on Level 2) Pier L has one additional gate, L22, which located very near to gates K20 and L20. To remove confusion I decided to re-join these numbers together in Changeset #63793136 After changeset As you can see above those gate numbers actually refer to three aircraft parking spaces nearby, where L22 has the largest one (for long-haul international flights such as AirAsia X). However, by joining the gate numbers in one point, passengers can simply know the direction they need to go to the gate. In KLIA Terminal 1 gate numbers are applied to apron areas instead of terminal buildings, but it would be good to add nodes such as lifts for informing passengers for waiting room areas for those remote gates. Pier J gate numbers are coming soon. Besides that, a skybridge above the aircraft taxiway is a great design.
Adding Gate Numbers in klia2 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Terminal 2)
I have recently submitted a changeset to add gate numbers in klia2. Although this seems easy, this terminal have a unique odd-even gate number assignments, which is unlike the Terminal 1. Displayed map of klia2, before changeset Displayed map of klia2, after changeset Current displayed map of KLIA (Terminal 1), with gate numbers assigned There is still work to be done in adding gate numbers to the other piers of the terminal, but I would be glad for others (especially the Malaysian OpenStreetMap community) to help in adding these as well. I am also planning to improve the Genting Highlands map in early 2019.
