[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Gritting routes

[Andy Robinson]

Inspired by Robs excellent blog:

http://www.mappa-mercia.org/2014/09/creating-an-always-up-to-date-map.html#c
omment-279

 

I knocked up a dynamic gritting map:

 

http://u.osmfr.org/m/17803/

 

The default centre and zoom displays the three gritting priorities plus the
bins. If you zoom out bins and priority 3 are only displayed at Z15,
priority 2 at Z14 and priority 1 at Z15. This keeps the dynamic overpass
calls sensible to keep the map browsing responsive.

 

Comments?

 

Cheers

Andy

 

From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrlists at gmail.com] 
Sent: 23 September 2014 10:10
To: 'OSM Group WM'
Subject: RE: Gritting routes

 

As a follow up I thought I would see how each LA is currently presenting (in
map & data terms) its winter maintenance data:

 

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/grittingroutes (links to us for their map -
available data is for 2013-14)

 

http://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/download/493/gritting They do not
appear to have an online map.

 

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/staffshighways/winterdriving/salti
ng/Saltingroutes.aspx

 

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/gritting

 

http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/gritting/gritting-map.aspx 

 

http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200284/roads_travel_and_parking/2139/grittin
g They do not appear to have their own online map. The link to the
spreadsheet data on our wiki are to a gdoc which when I access says will be
unavailable soon. Data needs to be copied elsewhere? The link to the
descriptive routes is fine.

 

http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/gritting. Link to data from our wiki gives a
404.

 

http://cms.walsall.gov.uk/winter_service.htm No online map but route data
and maps contained in their Operation Plan available for download (Oct 2013
draft version). Locations of grit bins are on a printed map and as a
location list (2011).

 

Dudley have a static map facility for a given location available via
http://www.dudley.gov.uk/resident/parking-roads/street-care-and-maintenance/
gritting-and-snow-clearance/  The wiki link to their full data that they
previously provided is showing the same "deleted soon" gdoc message as the
Sandwell data.

 

Other than where noted above I don't see any links to data from the official
pages.

 

Cheers

Andy

 

From: Andy Robinson [mailto:ajrlists at gmail.com] 
Sent: 23 September 2014 08:55
To: OSM Group WM
Subject: Gritting routes

 

It won't be long before the gritters head out onto the regions roads. Can we
collate what information we have for each county regarding
availability/accessibility of data and updates? We also ought to think about
whether a re-ender update is needed
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mappa_Mercia/gritting  suggests it
hasn't been updated for ages?). Also the map currently doesn't show grit bin
locations.

Thus far our focus has been on the west mids but our map would be a whole
lot more useful if we could also be slowly working on getting data for
Warks, Worcs and Staffs as these counties  certainly fall under our wider
mercia interest. Also on a personal level the gritting of rural routes is
especially of interest when planning winter cycling routes.

 

Cheers

Andy 

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