[talk-au] Mapping opportunities along the Great North Walk

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Thu Dec 27 08:23:17 UTC 2018


It is visible and usable here
https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1388126&map=9!-33.3964!151.4204

This includes ;
GPX file
elevation profile


Things to do?

water sources
toilets

these are the two main things.

other things?

shops, cafes, public transport where missing.

The route relation is 1388126.

PS the lane cover river gets less attractive as you get towards Pennant 
Hills (more weeds and pollution).


On 27/12/18 17:53, Josh Marshall wrote:
> There is a relation for the Great North Walk, and it covers at least 
> the bits I’ve traveled myself if not the whole thing; Watagans north 
> to Newcastle and the Patonga to Yarramalong sections. On my phone now, 
> but I can look it up later.
>
> That said, I’ve not seen any good renderers that highlight it 
> specifically, but it’s been a while since I’ve looked.
>
> On 27 Dec 2018, at 4:42 pm, Ewen Hill <ewen.hill at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ewen.hill at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Dion,
>>    Thanks for your hard work to date and good luck with your trek. I 
>> am happy to help you off-line and this is open to conjecture however 
>> I would ...
>> 1. Create a single master relation and attach all elements to this
>> 2. Where the track may split into two (e.g into the town/skirting 
>> around it) perhaps create alternative more localised relationships
>> 3. I would attach all benches, seats, potable water points etc. to 
>> the master. This will allow users to easily download everything they 
>> need. This is probably frowned on however in planning the Munda Biddi 
>> Trail attack, I have found this invaluable ... and critical to the 
>> planning for water points. Others will disagree.
>> 4. I would suggest using mapillary to upload some sections of the 
>> track where it is complex. You can then upload these images and 
>> rework the route accordingly and have the appropriate sign posts.
>> 5. Have fun and enjoy - don't get bogged down in mapping whilst 
>> enjoying the trip.
>>
>> Ewen
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 at 15:47, Dion Moult <dion at thinkmoult.com 
>> <mailto:dion at thinkmoult.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     G'day all!
>>
>>     I've started walking the Great North Walk and was miffed that I
>>     couldn't
>>     immediately find a good online map showing the full route from
>>     Sydney to
>>     Newcastle. Instead I found incredibly difficult to navigate
>>     websites, paywalled
>>     online maps, and maps split up into many smaller pages.
>>
>>     I decided to walk it myself and create a map for it here:
>>
>>     https://thinkmoult.com/map-of-the-great-north-walk-sydney-to-newcastle.html
>>
>>     Out of curiosity, I was wondering what things I can help map
>>     while I'm on this
>>     route? I am not currently aware of a single "route" / multi-line
>>     in the OSM
>>     database that describes the Great North Walk.
>>
>>     I considered mapping the sign posts, but they are quite plenty
>>     and probably of
>>     little benefit.
>>
>>     Any ideas?
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Dion Moult
>>
>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Warm Regards
>>
>> Ewen Hill
>> Internet Development Australia
>

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