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

[Andy Allan]

On 16 November 2011 14:08, Kev js1982 <osm at kevswindells.eu> wrote:
> Just had a quick look at the Nottingham one - seams to be an even bigger
> work of fiction than the local cycle maps produced by the council (unless
> council publications override "public footpath" signs) - one jumping out
> straight away is the A60 trunk road (from the BBC Island through to West
> Bridgford) being marked as an LCN - the are no cycle facilities along the
> route from what I can remember (defiantly no lanes, can't remember ASLs, and
> no signs except where a signed LCN crosses the road).
>
> Unless anything has changed in the last eight weeks or so the area in West
> Bridgford (inside the area bounded by A52/River Trent) - apart from the area
> round Emmanual/Beckett Schools - Open Cycle Map currently reflects the On
> The Ground reality (aside from a few ASLs).

It's always the case that councils have separate views on what counts
as a route (generally a line drawn on a map) compared to us (on the
ground reality). It's a good example of why we're not blindly
accepting the data - local knowledge is key - but if the "fictions"
are over-prevalent then I'll enquire as to what's going on, check
there isn't a problem with the conversion etc.

> Is there anyway to hide the foreground layer as I don't seam to be able to
> click the background one once the foreground has loaded.

If you go Background -> Vector File you can toggle show/hide any of the layers

> Is compressed gravel along grass with no real edging really surface=dirt,
> not to sure about one part of NCN15 near me - parts of the line are
> defiantly mud (well water usually - get tempted to take it natural=lake at
> times!) about 50cm wide, but the newer bit over the flood defences is
> defiantly compressed gravel!  The DFT data has the post flood defences work
> layout.

Unsurprisingly the surveyed surfaces list isn't a 1:1 mapping for our
values of the surface key, but we've tried to pick the best mapping.
Again, thanks for the feedback and I can review the conversion.

Cheers,
Andy