Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Jem
> One method might be to plot a path from each building to the health centre by walking, car and bicycle then see how many can reach it within x minutes. That is a lot of routing calculation to do but it can be done overnight or even over a couple of days. Consider using a reverse walk from the d

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread john whelan
https://www.mapnificent.net/ does a close enough job for public transit certainly locally and demonstrates it can be done. I thank Fredrick for his comments as well. If a more refined solution is required then there is enough information given to make a start coding. Thanks John On Fri, 28 Sep

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Imre Samu
> If you live within a 5 minute walk of a bus stop on a route that goes past the hospital then its easy to get to but how do you find these locations using OpenStreetMap data? >Many cities have had their bus stops imported. If you are in one of these what else is needed to work it out? A lot of c

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread john whelan
>Here proximity to to a train station is worth more money than proximity to a bus stop.Within 1 km of a train station is where developers and purchases of apartments want them and they will pay more for that proximity. Train stations are usually well represented in OSM data.Bus stops are not so we

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 28.09.2018 23:21, john whelan wrote: > Many cities have had their bus stops imported.  And even more cities have their bus stops mapped in the traditional fashion, like, riding a bus and recording where it stops. It's amazing how much you can do with one day pass :) > what else is needed

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Warin
On 29/09/18 07:21, john whelan wrote: I drifted down to a government conference on open data and software today and whilst there a question came up concerning proximity to a hospital. Just a planner wondering where to put it to maximise the ease of access for as many people as possible. You

[OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread john whelan
I drifted down to a government conference on open data and software today and whilst there a question came up concerning proximity to a hospital. Just a planner wondering where to put it to maximise the ease of access for as many people as possible. You can route plan for walking and driving a ca

Re: [OSM-talk] Waterway rel with mix of line & poly

2018-09-28 Thread SandorS
Jem, you have, of course, fixed the issue already. That was the right ting to do. Though, there are many, many similar cases and not only in natural=water tagged geometries. Many users run a geometry-model based recognition program that detects and repairs these problems even not knowing they we