On 2 October 2012 13:46, Richard Mann <[email protected]>wrote:
> If it's that good, perhaps it would be signposted enough to be an LCN? I > suspect it's too indirect to actually see much commuter/utility use. > Because LCN is a Sustrans numbering system. A cycle path with no number can be created by the council or community group. I imagine there are politics & funding involved. > More to the point is why South Road (the hill up to > Trevs/Mildert/Grey/Collingwood) isn't shown as urban. If you could apply > maxspeed=30 mph tags where appropriate, that'd be appreciated. > I haven't seen speed limit signs on the road. South Road is a blooming dangerous A road with side roads only being used for occasional traffic. The college residents are students that walk along the really narrow pavements on South Road. > Richard > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Gregory <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Would it not make sense to show highway=cycleway? >> >> West of Durham, it doesn't look good if you go from Broom Park to Esh >> Winning. >> >> http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/DualCycleNetworkMap/?zoom=4&lat=54.77232&lon=-1.58281&layers=BTT >> >> On OpenCycleMap, you can see there is a good cycle path(previously a >> railway line) South of the main road to use. >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.7761&lon=-1.6105&zoom=13&layers=C >> >> >> On 2 October 2012 12:24, Peter Childs <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 2 October 2012 09:55, Richard Mann <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I've updated my map of GB cycle lanes (and quiet cycle routes). >>>> Rendered using Geofabrik/Osmosis/Maperitive. Now with OdbL data... >>>> >>>> http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/DualCycleNetworkMap/ >>>> >>>> It looks to me like there's quite a lot of cycle lanes missing. A lot >>>> of cycle lane data is available from DfT for review and copying across, but >>>> doesn't appear to have made it's way into OSM yet: >>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project (and >>>> yes this is a bit complicated, but it's quite easy once you get going) >>>> >>>> A major part of the update to the cycle lane map has been identifying >>>> urban main roads based on the presence of residential side roads. This was >>>> done using a python algorithm in Maperitive. The results look pretty >>>> accurate (not many false positives). In good share-alike style, I can do >>>> three things with the output: >>>> 1) put the output back in the database, by using existing keys (eg >>>> maxspeed=30 mph + maxspeed:source=inferred from presence of residential >>>> side streets) >>>> 2) put the output back in the database, using new keys (eg >>>> maxspeed:inferred=30 mph + maxspeed:inferred:source = presence of >>>> residential side streets) >>>> 3) publish the algorithm >>>> >>>> It doesn't make much difference to me, but clearly people might find >>>> the data useful. So I'm open to views/suggestions. >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-GB mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Looking at it RSN18 (Medway) is missing on >>> http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/DualCycleNetworkMap/ however its on >>> OSM and viewable via Cycle Map on the main osm site.... >>> >>> Peter. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-GB mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gregory >> [email protected] >> http://www.livingwithdragons.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> >> > -- Gregory [email protected] http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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