Thanks for doing this: I'd made a start with the roads, but wasnt fit for anything except a couple of beers after the OpenAddresses Symposium.
Do we have any artiists/designers who could turn this into an infographic? Jerry On 9 August 2014 09:54, Robert Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
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