Hey Tony, Glad to hear I'm not the only person interested in using this data!
Wasn't aware of the conflation plugin, will have to give it a look now. Always interested in collaboration, sounds like you've come to the same conclusion as myself regarding getting import authorisation. Cheers On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:15 PM Tony Shield <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Spike > > I'm interested in importing my local area - Chorley, Lancashire. > > I've filtered the Naptan file to get Chorley csv file. I've then imported > into JOSM conflation plug-in. I'm starting to understand how the conflation > tool functions and I think the results are good. I've done several dry runs > to get the technique correct. I'm planning to manually review each bus stop > - not too bad when there are 3-400. > > I too am trying to realise what Naptan codes and fields need to be > populated for each bus stop, and agree with following the PTv2 scheme. > > I haven't performed the import as I haven't been through the import > authorisation process, and as Naptan is an established data import I think > that it will not be too difficult as long as the process is correct. > > Happy to work with you if you wish. > > Regards > > TonyS999 > > > On 01/07/2019 16:02, Silent Spike wrote: > > Hey folks, > > I'm interested in importing NaPTAN bus stop data ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NaPTAN/Import) specifically for my > area of the UK (Aberdeen). > > As far as I can tell, some progress was made previously on importing > NaPTAN data for specific areas of the UK. However, the process for > requesting an import on the wiki seems to have broken down somewhere along > the line and I believe the python script mentioned on the wiki is outdated. > > I went ahead and wrote a 5 minute python 3 script to convert the NaPTAN > csv bus stops file into OSM XML which I can import using JOSM. I'm > splitting the data into files by local area - here's an example of an area > I'm familiar with (https://i.imgur.com/xE7TF2c.png) where you can see the > import data (blue) line up well with the existing data (black). > > My plan for conflation was basically to do it by hand since I'm familiar > with the area and can take my time to do each local area individually. > However, I could probably also set up some data matching by checking the > stop names and offsets of existing data. > > As for tagging, I'm unsure what the current status is regarding the > `naptan:` namespace. Looking at those tags, they all seem pretty useless to > me (except `naptan:AtcoCode` as an identifier). Currently I'm just using > roadside bus stops marked with a shelter or pole and following the PTv2 > scheme to tag them as `highway=bus_stop`, `public_transport_platform` and > `bus=yes`. > > If anyone has any suggestions or input please let me know! Obviously I > won't be importing anything without some community approval first. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing > [email protected]https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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