[Talk-GB] 10 fascinating facts about OSM & OSGB - 2014

Sat Aug 9 09:02:54 UTC 2014

Thanks for doing this: I'd made a start with the roads, but wasnt fit for
anything except a couple of beers after the OpenAddresses Symposium.

Do we have any artiists/designers who could turn this into an infographic?

Jerry

On 9 August 2014 09:54, Robert Norris <rw_norris at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Happy 10th Birthday OSM!
>
> For a 10th birthday present - I thought I'd reprise SK53's 10 fascinating
> facts posting from April 2013[1],
>  to see where OSM GB is at, at of the beginning of August 2014 compared to
> Ordnance Survey GB(OSGB)[2] (values not updated).
>
> So here's the comparison with the changes in OSM in that period.
>
>    Object: OSGB ; OSM ; OSM Change since April 2013
>
>    1. Pylons: 80,517 ; 69,562 ; +11,075
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=tower#values>)
>
>    2. Post Boxes: 93,728 ; 47,501 ; +4,759
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=post_box#values>
> Also see <http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/>)
>
>    3. Camp sites: 8,908 ; 3,826 ; +644
> ( 1493+3+1+1camp_site<
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=camp_site#values>)
>    + 2331+4+3 (caravan_site<
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=caravan#values>)
>
>    4. Buildings: 35,397,754 ; 2,731,351 ; 1,890,835 ; +840,516
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=building>)
>
>    5. Bus Stops: 354,099 ; 220,490 ; +4,770
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=bus_stop#values>)
>
>    6. Residence within 500m of a football ground: 2,115,006 ; Not analysed
> ; Not analysed [3]
>
>    7. Petrol Stations: 7,702; 6,339 ; +1,142
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=fuel#values>)
>
>    8. Addresses: 27,341,262; 764,082 ; +231,196
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/addr:housenumber>)
>
>    9. Electricity Poles: 183,987; 134,998 ; +40,799
> (<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=pole#values>)
>    10. Road length: 407,532 km ; 413,296 km ; Different analysis[4]
>
>
> Of course there is no guarantee we are comparing like for like.
>
> All values from UK taginfo (except for road length[4], which is sum of the
> lengths of the following highway types:
>
> living_street          250.9 km
> motorway              6985.1 km
> motorway_link         1474.7 km
> primary              28690.1 km
> primary_link           257.4 km
> residential         131145.1 km
> secondary            30977.3 km
> secondary_link          47.8 km
> tertiary             56068.5 km
> tertiary_link           86.9 km
> trunk                27320.7 km
> trunk_link            1716.6 km
> unclassified        128275.3 km
> =431,296 km
>
> Quirky OSM values:
>
>    1. 6 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/royal_cypher=EVIIIR>
> post
>    boxes with Edward VIII's royal cypher. NB There's 327 Queen Victoria
> 'VR' Postboxes
>
>    2. only 278 <
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/memorial=war_memorial>War
> Memorials - many may be mapped simply under the generic historic=memorial
> but with the specific memorial type.
>
>    3. 1907 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=police#values
> >Police
> and 1596 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=fire#values> Fire
> Stations
>
>    4. 955 Fire Hydrants (see above)
>
>    5. 180 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=real_ale>establishments
> purveying Real Ale, and
>    188 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=cider> Real Cider out
>    of 34,086 Pubs <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=pub#values>
> and
>    2,243 Bars <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=bar#values>(
> ONLY 1 with
>    osm:london=approval<
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/osm%3Alondon#overview>)
>
>    6. 7,094 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/bicycle_parking>Bicycle
> Parking locations
>          With a capacity of 87611 [5]
>
>    7. around 30 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=hide#values>
> bird/wildlife hides
>
>    8. 6 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=knitting#values>knitting
> shops
>
>    9. 9069 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/stile#overview>
> stiles
>
>    10. 2025 <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=lock> canal
> locks
>
> [1]
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-April/014681.html
> [2]
> https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2013/04/10-fascinating-facts-from-ordnance-survey/
> [3] Some SQL query code may be needed to perform this one - for OSGB given
> the high number of homes, presumably they are considering any football
> pitch (not just league football grounds). I still haven't gotten around to
> doing any DB things...
> [4] https://gist.github.com/rnorris/6efe00b00e70821c5b23 - Run with
> 'great-britain-latest.osm.pbf'
> [5] https://gist.github.com/rnorris/1e8ecf7850cc6c672616
>         "
>
> OSM User: robbieonsea
>
> Be Seeing You - Rob
> If at first you don't succeed,
> then skydiving isn't for you.
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