[Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Reed
It occurred to me that the Pay scale areas that arrived with the OSM Naptan import should be fairly thickly populated areas, so those with a relatively low road density would highlight places where there were roads missing from the map, and hence help to prioritise attention on plugging the gaps.

Re: [Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas

2010-02-19 Thread Dave F.
Peter Reed wrote: It occurred to me that the Pay scale areas that arrived with the OSM Naptan import should be fairly thickly populated areas, so those with a relatively low road density would highlight places where there were roads missing from the map, and hence help to prioritise

Re: [Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas

2010-02-19 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 19/02/2010 09:49, Peter Reed wrote: Looking at the result, the broad pattern is what you would expect, with the south-east of England fairly well covered and gaps further north. But at a detailed level things are not as simple as I had hoped. There is too much variation between the

Re: [Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Reed
Thanks for the comment Dave - I think we are in agreement. The point I was trying to make was that once I had plotted the areas I realised that there were limitations that I hadn't foreseen beforehand. I posted it on the basis that (a) it might be useful for others to know that something doesn't

Re: [Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Reed
Thanks to Jonathan too. I can certainly update this occasionally if that would be useful. As it stands, comparisons between different areas are influenced too much by how widely the area is drawn, so Edinburgh for example (which in reality is very thoroughly mapped) looks as though it is

Re: [Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas

2010-02-19 Thread Ed Loach
] On Behalf Of Peter Reed Sent: 19 February 2010 09:49 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Road density in Naptan pay scale areas It occurred to me that the Pay scale areas that arrived with the OSM Naptan import should be fairly thickly populated areas, so those with a relatively low road