[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread stevea
OSM's USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers to help map new APPROVED United States Bicycle Routes. Please see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_U.S._Bicycle_Route_Systemhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_U.S._Bicycle_Route_System , a reference and status report for

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Since there is no signage for these routes, this is an import and should be following the import guidelines. - Serge On May 31, 2014 3:19 PM, stevea stevea...@softworkers.com wrote: OSM's USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers to help map new APPROVED United States Bicycle Routes. Please

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread Ian Dees
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com wrote: Since there is no signage for these routes, this is an import and should be following the import guidelines. How is this any different than adding bus routes? Are we considering those imports now, too?

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Ian, OpenTripPlanner can handle routing, which is a pretty core part of handling bus data. OpenTripPlanner can also be fed directly from the GTFS data from the transit authority, which simplifies updates, etc., making a really ideal choice for applications where you want to work with local

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 05/31/2014 11:24 PM, Ian Dees wrote: How is this any different than adding bus routes? Are we considering those imports now, too? The difference between an import and normal manual mapping is usually not *what* gets into OSM but *how*. If someone deducts bus routes because they travel

[Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread stevea
Sigh. Frederick: I very much appreciate the time the DWG took to offer me friendly advice. My understanding was that advice was about putting PROPOSED routes (USBRs) into OSM, and I was VERY careful to NOT do that with my recent request. These are ACTUAL routes which are approved by

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread Mike N
On 5/31/2014 6:43 PM, stevea wrote: It really does seem as important as Interstate highways, but for bicyclists. For my input: I agree - in the US, having a reliable source of bike routes is as important as Interstate highways. If anything, OSM suffers from too few data consumers and a

Re: [Talk-us] USBRS WikiProject seeks volunteer mappers

2014-05-31 Thread Russ Nelson
Serge Wroclawski writes: Since there is no signage for these routes, this is an import and should be following the import guidelines. Huh? I'm assuming that there is a list of roads and intersections which comprise the bicycle route. Why would that necessarily be imported? And how do you