[OSM-newbies] Pavements, pedestrian crossings, road widths, house numbers, parking restrictions, speed limits, public transport timetables

[Richard Weait]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Sam Kuper <sam.kuper at uclmail.net> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I'd like to be able to use OpenStreetMap to compare different ways of
> travelling from a given street address to another given street address.
> At the moment, this doesn't seem to be practical, at least not with much
> rigour, because some important entities seem to be missing from the maps,
> including the entities mentioned in the subject of this email. (If I'm
> mistaken about any of this, please set me straight!)
> Are there any plans to introduce any of these entities into OpenStreetMap?
> If not, can you provide any recommendations for ways to extend OpenStreetMap
> data with these entities myself?

Hi Sam,

With the exception of public transit timetables, each item from your
list is included in OpenStreetMap.  Perhaps not everywhere, and for
some of the items, perhaps in few places.  But this is directly to the
point of OpenStreetMap; if there is information about your
neighbourhood that is missing and important to you, you can add it to
OpenStreetMap.

So my specific advice to you, about extending OpenStreetMap with this
data, is for you to go out and do your first survey for OpenStreetMap.
 Collect some of this information that you find interesting and
contribute it.

Best regards,
Richard