[Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes

[Shaun McDonald]

Gregory,

I thought that cycleway=opposite_lane was the equivalent of cycleway:right=lane.

And if it was a lane only on the left then it would be cycleway:left=lane.

Shaun

On 9 Oct 2012, at 17:28, "Gregory Williams" <gregory at gregorywilliams.me.uk> wrote:

> Richard,
>  
> It looks good and useful. On the OSM side of things it looks like you’ve missed handling cycleway=opposite_lane, since a place where I had that in the data wasn’t being rendered. I have since changed this to be cycleway:right=opposite_lane though to be more accurate.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Gregory
>  
> From: Richard Mann [mailto:richard.mann.westoxford at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 09 October 2012 16:15
> To: talk-gb OSM List (E-mail)
> Subject: [Talk-GB] DfT Cycling data - cycle lanes
>  
> 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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