[Talk-GB] England Cycling Data project: DfT cycling data now available for merging

[Ed Loach]

Are there any notes I'm missing about how to access and deal with
nodes in the DfT data? e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edloach/7392860104/in/photostream

Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin - CycleStreets [mailto:list-osm-talk-
> gb at cyclestreets.net]
> Sent: 17 June 2012 12:44
> To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-GB] England Cycling Data project: DfT cycling data
> now available for merging
> 
> 
> 
> As previously announced [1], we've been working with Andy Allan
> and the
> DfT's contractors to open up the cycling data that the DfT have
> collected
> (via manual surveys on bikes) over recent years.
> 
> This data for each area is now available, converted, and ready for
> easy
> merging in with a new Potlatch2 tool Andy has written. The DfT is
> very keen
> to see the data more widely used, by OSM.
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project
> 
> It has these attributes, and the CycleStreets router [2] now
supports
> them:
> 
> - Surface quality (surface=)
> - Local Cycle Network signage (lcn=)
> - Lots of missing paths not yet in OSM
> - Cycle lane/path widths (width/est_width=)
> - Barriers of various kinds (barrier=)
> - Traffic calming (traffic_calming=)
> - Lighting (lit=)
> 
> The LCN tags, surface tags, and missing paths, will particularly
help
> the
> routing quality, as Shaun/Gregory who see user feedback will
> attest!
> 
> The wiki URL above has a link to each area, and there's a
screencast
> on
> Andy's merging tool:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sMxpWptCQ
> 
> I've so far merged in almost half the Cambridge data in under half
a
> day.
> We'd love to see a local 'cheerleader' for each area. Could you
sign
> up on
> the Wiki for that?
> 
> 
> Further work we're doing in support of this project is:
> 
> - Writing articles for CTC, LCC and other cycling groups about
getting
> involved in OpenStreetMap surveying more generally, and
> hopefully then
> helping with this merging project.
> 
> - Creating a resource for local Councils to inform them about OSM
> data, the
> merging tool, and how it will improve cycle journey planning.
> 
> - Getting our feedback system map-enabled (it's purely tabular at
> the
> moment!) and opened up so that the effect of merging in this data
> is
> clearer. We can't directly use MapDust as bugs need triaging first
to
> avoid
> MapDust getting engine-related spam or having personal data in.
> 
> - Getting the P2 customisations into our local copy on the
> CycleStreets
> website and making the existence of the data clearer in various
> ways.
> 
> - Hoping to get some visualisations done of merged coverage.
> 
> - Screencasts and other documentation.
> 
> - Any usability improvements in response to feedback on the tool.
> 
> 
> 
> [1] Talk-gb discussions, which provided useful feedback, now
> incorporated:
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2011-
> October/012256.html
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2012-
> January/012764.html
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2012-
> March/012900.html
> 
> 
> [2] http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2012/05/20/more-osm-tags-
> supported/
> 
> 
> Martin,                     **  CycleStreets - For Cyclists, By
Cyclists
> Developer, CycleStreets     **  http://www.cyclestreets.net/
> 
> 
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