Happy 10th Birthday OSM! For a 10th birthday present - I thought I'd reprise SK53's 10 fascinating facts posting from April 2013[1], to see where OSM GB is at, at of the beginning of August 2014 compared to Ordnance Survey GB(OSGB)[2] (values not updated).
So here's the comparison with the changes in OSM in that period. Object: OSGB ; OSM ; OSM Change since April 2013 1. Pylons: 80,517 ; 69,562 ; +11,075 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=tower#values>) 2. Post Boxes: 93,728 ; 47,501 ; +4,759 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=post_box#values> Also see <http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/>) 3. Camp sites: 8,908 ; 3,826 ; +644 ( 1493+3+1+1camp_site<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=camp_site#values>) + 2331+4+3 (caravan_site<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=caravan#values>) 4. Buildings: 35,397,754 ; 2,731,351 ; 1,890,835 ; +840,516 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=building>) 5. Bus Stops: 354,099 ; 220,490 ; +4,770 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=bus_stop#values>) 6. Residence within 500m of a football ground: 2,115,006 ; Not analysed ; Not analysed [3] 7. Petrol Stations: 7,702; 6,339 ; +1,142 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=fuel#values>) 8. Addresses: 27,341,262; 764,082 ; +231,196 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/addr:housenumber>) 9. Electricity Poles: 183,987; 134,998 ; +40,799 (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=pole#values>) 10. Road length: 407,532 km ; 413,296 km ; Different analysis[4] Of course there is no guarantee we are comparing like for like. All values from UK taginfo (except for road length[4], which is sum of the lengths of the following highway types: living_street 250.9 km motorway 6985.1 km motorway_link 1474.7 km primary 28690.1 km primary_link 257.4 km residential 131145.1 km secondary 30977.3 km secondary_link 47.8 km tertiary 56068.5 km tertiary_link 86.9 km trunk 27320.7 km trunk_link 1716.6 km unclassified 128275.3 km =431,296 km Quirky OSM values: 1. 6 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/royal_cypher=EVIIIR> post boxes with Edward VIII's royal cypher. NB There's 327 Queen Victoria 'VR' Postboxes 2. only 278 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/memorial=war_memorial>War Memorials - many may be mapped simply under the generic historic=memorial but with the specific memorial type. 3. 1907 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=police#values>Police and 1596 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=fire#values> Fire Stations 4. 955 Fire Hydrants (see above) 5. 180 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=real_ale>establishments purveying Real Ale, and 188 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=cider> Real Cider out of 34,086 Pubs <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=pub#values> and 2,243 Bars <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=bar#values>( ONLY 1 with osm:london=approval<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/osm%3Alondon#overview>) 6. 7,094 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/bicycle_parking>Bicycle Parking locations With a capacity of 87611 [5] 7. around 30 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=hide#values> bird/wildlife hides 8. 6 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=knitting#values>knitting shops 9. 9069 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/stile#overview> stiles 10. 2025 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=lock> canal locks [1] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-April/014681.html [2] https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2013/04/10-fascinating-facts-from-ordnance-survey/ [3] Some SQL query code may be needed to perform this one - for OSGB given the high number of homes, presumably they are considering any football pitch (not just league football grounds). I still haven't gotten around to doing any DB things... [4] https://gist.github.com/rnorris/6efe00b00e70821c5b23 - Run with 'great-britain-latest.osm.pbf' [5] https://gist.github.com/rnorris/1e8ecf7850cc6c672616 " OSM User: robbieonsea Be Seeing You - Rob If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
