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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On a related point…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I came across some OSM additions in my patch (Sutton Coldfield) which appear to come from the dft data. Specifically the estimated width value which was hopelessly wrong for every element I checked. It’s easy to measure features with the measurement tool in JOSM so I think est_width probably should be ignored unless its checked to be consistently correct for a given area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Richard Mann [mailto:richard.mann.westoxford@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 09 October 2012 16:15<br><b>To:</b> talk-gb OSM List (E-mail)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>As you may recall, DfT has made available a lot of cycle facility data. This was processed and snapped to OSM geometry, and has been available for some months for importing (subject to local review) using the Snapshot tool. Further details here: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've reconciled the data for my area, but I found it a bit hard going. Progress in other areas has been variable.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm particularly interested in cycle lane data, so I've produced a rendering that compares DfT (Red) with OSM (Blue) data. Note that the DfT data is not clear which side of the road cycle lanes are on. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/dftcyclelanes/">http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/dftcyclelanes/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Quite a lot still missing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So I've also generated tiles of the DfT cycle lane data (down to z17), for use as a background in editors. In Potlatch, you can create a new background by clicking on the Background drop-down, then Edit, then Add. The URL for the tiles is:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/dftcyclelanes/tilesDfT/$z/$x/$y.png">http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/dftcyclelanes/tilesDfT/$z/$x/$y.png</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If any of you care to add cycle lanes in your area, that'd be most welcome. It will also be interesting to see whether providing a background proves to be an effective way of getting data reviewed and into OSM. If it's successful, a similar approach can be used for other parts of the data.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Feedback welcome.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Richard<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.2677 / Virus Database: 2591/5817 - Release Date: 10/08/12<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>