[Talk-GB] Beta test of cycling date merge-tool

[Andy Robinson]

Andy,

Just some observations from Birmingham that may be useful.

I'm assuming that you have been able to look at the dft data to see how
relevant it is? In working with Birmingham City Council (BCC) on cycle
parking recently I had access to three lists of cycle parking points. The
very incomplete BCC asset register list, the dft list and our own OSM list.
As a stab we believe the final number of locations in the city will be about
750 (500+ known thus far). The BCC list had about 60% of this possible
total, the dft list 40% and not all necessarily the same as BCC (for example
most stands on Network Rail land were not included in BCC list), and OSM
which had less than the other two but contained many locations that are in
neither of the BCC or dft data sets.

The BCC and dft data had the number of stands for parking rather than the
number of spaces for bikes. The BCC set included parking for motorcycles.

The three data sets all have different co-ordinates for the same parking
provision. The BCC data is definitely OS based, the dft set I believe is
not, though can't be sure, but are generally very close to the BCC locations
though not the same. In verifying we have been revisiting each location to
get a more precise positioning and thus OSM is now the most reliable.

You can follow the progress of mapping the Birmingham cycle parking at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Birmingham/Bicycle_Parking

Cheers
Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Allan [mailto:gravitystorm at gmail.com]
> Sent: 16 November 2011 09:21
> To: Talk-GB
> Subject: [Talk-GB] Beta test of cycling date merge-tool
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I previously discussed[1] what our plans were with regards to the cycling
data
> that is coming out of the DfT.
> 
> It's now got to the stage where I'm soliciting beta testing and feedback
on
> the approach. The project has its own page on the wiki at
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DfT_Cycling_Data_2011
> 
> The demo of both the data, and the merging functionality built into p2, is
> available at
> 
> http://gravitystorm.dev.openstreetmap.org/cnxc-demo/
> 
> I've got my own list of improvements that I'm hoping to make to potlatch,
> but I'd really like to hear your views too!
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> [1] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2011-
> October/012256.html
> 
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