Back in January I asked <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-January/022343.html> if there was anyone who could map the Mottram area for a bounty where there is a controversial road being proposed. I am pleased to say that RichardB took up the challenge and that the area has now well and truly mapped <http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.467&lon=-1.9876&zoom=14&layers=B0FT> !
For your interest the public inquiry which was due to restart this week (Easter 2008) has now been delayed again until October to allow the Highways Agency more time to getting it traffic forecasts to work in the way they want to. This job does raise an important question about how to map and model proposed roads. We have used the tags 'highway=trunk' and 'tunnel=yes' and name='Mottram . bypass (proposed)', 'proposed=trunk' and added a note. It would be better not to have to use the tunnel tag to get it to render properly (especially as part of the road is indeed in a proposed tunnel which we can't represent!). Btw, the Glossop Spur didn't render properly this week under mapnik and I think (hope) it was because I used 'tunnel=true' not 'tunnel=yes'. I have changed the tags for the Glossop Spur so that they are now identical to that for the main bypass and should render properly next week. Regards, Peter Miller Ito World Ltd
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