[Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes

[Richard Mann]

As you may recall, DfT has made available a lot of cycle facility data.
This was processed and snapped to OSM geometry, and has been available for
some months for importing (subject to local review) using the Snapshot
tool. Further details here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project

I've reconciled the data for my area, but I found it a bit hard going.
Progress in other areas has been variable.

I'm particularly interested in cycle lane data, so I've produced a
rendering that compares DfT (Red) with OSM (Blue) data. Note that the DfT
data is not clear which side of the road cycle lanes are on.
http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/dftcyclelanes/

Quite a lot still missing.

So I've also generated tiles of the DfT cycle lane data (down to z17), for
use as a background in editors. In Potlatch, you can create a new
background by clicking on the Background drop-down, then Edit, then Add.
The URL for the tiles is:
http://www.transportparadise.co.uk/dftcyclelanes/tilesDfT/$z/$x/$y.png

If any of you care to add cycle lanes in your area, that'd be most welcome.
It will also be interesting to see whether providing a background proves to
be an effective way of getting data reviewed and into OSM. If it's
successful, a similar approach can be used for other parts of the data.

Feedback welcome.

Richard
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