It seems Sustrans have struck a deal with Google allowing them to use Sustrans National Cycle Network routes on Google Maps:
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/about-sustrans/media/news-releases/safe-cycling-routes-to-appear-on-google-for-the-first-time http://road.cc/content/news/61516-google-maps-adds-uk-bike-navigation-sustrans-routes http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2012/07/11/sustrans-routes-and-google/ On the whole this is good news for UK cyclists. But why have Sustrans given this data to Google, rather than OSM? Has anyone from OSM approached Sustrans in the past? If so, might it be worth approaching them again, now that they are apparently willing to share the data with other parties? It would make an excellent data source and could be merged in the same way that the DfT England Cycling Data is being handled: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DfT_Cycling_Data_2011 -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Google-Maps-using-Sustrans-Cycling-data-tp5716106.html Sent from the Great Britain mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
