For those not aware, Christoph Böhme put together NOVAM: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Novam
A useful resource for checking out bus stop status in an area though I'm not sure of its current status with respect to data reliability. Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: 03 April 2011 2:19 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Rebooting the NAPTAN import? > >On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> a) Do not import any NaPTAN data in areas where imports have already >> taken place. Experience shows that detailed survey & correction of >> NaPTAN data is not to be undertaken lightly. IIRC about 10% is wrong. >> The best data are for Hullwhere Chris Hill surveyed the lot. I have >> done only about 20% of Nottingham's NaPTAN stops and have a similar >> error rate. Unfortunately processing NaPTAN alongside primary >> surveying just didnt prove viable, but there are plenty of stops which >> no longer exist, have moved or dont exist on the ground. >> b) Check with any mappers in the area before performing an import. >> There may be good reasons why they have not requested one in the past. >> c) The best approach would be to host current NaPTAN data in a >> location where OSM data can be compared & then mappers could choose to >import it. >> Having an application which did this would be way more useful than >> shoehorning NaPTAN data in on its own. > >I think this is a great idea Jerry, an app for people to compare what OSM holds >already against what's in the latest version of NAPTAN, the data we were >looking at was a few days old. > >What's the maximum area or number of points a tool like this would normally >import? You don't want someone just selecting the whole of the UK & then >importing them. > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-GB mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > >________________________________ > >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3549 - Release Date: 04/04/11 _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
