Guelph Bus Stops

A reference layer of the bus stops published by the City of Guelph — 648 Guelph Transit stops with their stop numbers and names — ready to add to the OpenStreetMap editors iD and JOSM while you map.

City data: 2026-10-09 · tiles rebuilt: 2026-10-09

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Guelph. Source: Bus Stops.

Preview

The raster layer drawn over OpenStreetMap: a blue dot per stop, its stop number from zoom 15, and number and name at zoom 17. A hollow ring is a pick-up point served only by on-demand transit.

Coverage vs OpenStreetMap: see which City stops are missing from OSM, missing their ref, misplaced or named differently — a mapper's worklist with an interactive map and table.

Two layers — which to use

Vector layer	Interactive. Click a stop to read its tags (`ref`, `name`, `fixed_route`, `on_demand`, `objectid`). Best in iD.
Raster layer	Stops, numbers and names drawn directly on the tiles. A readable backdrop. Best in JOSM.

Heads-up: the number on the layer is the City's stop ID, which is what Guelph's OSM stops already carry as ref. At zoom 15–16 a number that would print over another is left off; at zoom 17 every stop carries at least its number, and its name where there is room.

Add to iD

Vector layer (interactive)

Open the iD editor and press U for the Map Data panel.
Under Custom Map Data, open the settings and paste this URL:

https://guelph-maps.github.io/guelph-bus-stops-layer/tiles/vector/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf

Zoom in, then click any stop to see its tags in the inspector.

Raster layer (visible numbers)

Open the Background panel and choose Custom.
Paste this URL template:

https://guelph-maps.github.io/guelph-bus-stops-layer/tiles/raster/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Add to JOSM

Raster layer (recommended for JOSM)

Open Preferences → Imagery and click +TMS.
Paste this entry (the tms[13,17] prefix sets the zoom range; JOSM scales it up past z17):

tms[13,17]:https://guelph-maps.github.io/guelph-bus-stops-layer/tiles/raster/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png

Give it a name such as Guelph Bus Stops, click OK, then enable it from the Imagery menu. Note JOSM's placeholder is {zoom}, not {z}.

Vector layer (optional)

JOSM can also add the vector tiles via Preferences → Imagery → +MVT:

https://guelph-maps.github.io/guelph-bus-stops-layer/tiles/vector/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.pbf

Notes

Every stop the City publishes is kept. The City drops a retired stop from its data rather than flagging it, so a stop OSM still has and this layer lacks may be gone — the gap page lists those as “OSM only”.
Stop names are the City's, verbatim (“Edinburgh at Ginger northbound”), which is also what most OSM stops in Guelph already carry.
Vector tiles are pre-rendered for z12–19; raster tiles for z13–17 (the editor overzooms them further).
Tiles are refreshed weekly from the City's service.
This is a reference layer — verify against survey or street-level imagery before copying anything into OpenStreetMap. The City's point marks the stop; where the pole actually stands can differ by a few metres.