oh, and the other suggestion - it would be handy if I could hide all existing OSM data which doesn't have highway=* - nearly added the DFT to fences about half a dozen times already!
Kev On 17 June 2012 15:05, Kev js1982 <o...@kevswindells.eu> wrote: > Comments below. > > On 17 June 2012 12:44, Martin - CycleStreets < > list-osm-talk...@cyclestreets.net> wrote: > >> >> >> As previously announced [1], we've been working with Andy Allan and the >> DfT's contractors to open up the cycling data that the DfT have collected >> (via manual surveys on bikes) over recent years. >> >> This data for each area is now available, converted, and ready for easy >> merging in with a new Potlatch2 tool Andy has written. The DfT is very keen >> to see the data more widely used, by OSM. >> >> > Neat - a productive way to improve the cyclemap on a wet weekend at home > (especially in the local area where much is memorised)! > > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/England_Cycling_Data_**project<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project> >> >> It has these attributes, and the CycleStreets router [2] now supports >> them: >> >> - Surface quality (surface=) >> - Local Cycle Network signage (lcn=) >> - Lots of missing paths not yet in OSM >> - Cycle lane/path widths (width/est_width=) >> - Barriers of various kinds (barrier=) >> - Traffic calming (traffic_calming=) >> - Lighting (lit=) >> >> The LCN tags, surface tags, and missing paths, will particularly help the >> routing quality, as Shaun/Gregory who see user feedback will attest! >> >> Now are LCN's which are also NCN's *Supposed* to be tagged? - round here > most of the NCN stuff is just inside a relation, where as most of the LCN's > are on the way's themselves (The Big Track and NTU City to Basford being > the only LCN relations I know of) - I have tended to avoid adding LCN to a > way which is also an NCN as it looks ugly on Open Cycle Map (although I > guess this is "tagging for the renderer") - should I be adding LCN to ways > which are part of NCN Route's 6 or 15 too? > > >> The wiki URL above has a link to each area, and there's a screencast on >> Andy's merging tool: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=A_sMxpWptCQ<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sMxpWptCQ> >> >> I've so far merged in almost half the Cambridge data in under half a day. >> We'd love to see a local 'cheerleader' for each area. Could you sign up on >> the Wiki for that? >> >> > Would be really handy if there were some tile render overlays (or > KMLs/GPXs) showing where is still to be merged - so I can easy pick them up > when I'm out and about - the stuff I'm looking at now (Nottingham) is > mainly to the south of the city boundaries as that is the area I know best. > > >> Further work we're doing in support of this project is: >> > > >> - Any usability improvements in response to feedback on the tool. >> >> >> Speaking of which - when changing the highway from footway or bridleway > to cycleway (where it makes OTG sense) it would be neat if you could add > "designation=public_xxxway" without having to go into a separate Merkaartor > or Potlatch session - ditto editing tags like "lit" and "surface" which you > know the DfT has wrong (e.g. a number of off road routes have gained gravel > surfaces in the last couple of years round here thanks to the flood defence > work). > > Kev :o) > >
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