[Talk-GB] OSM on Traveline website

SK53 sk53.osm at gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 13:59:44 UTC 2014


Over the weekend I made a fair bit of use of the traveline website for
planning journeys in the Greater Manchester and Sheffield areas.

Something which was relatively new to me was OSM maps appearing under the
local map button. These show pedestrian routes between various public
transport modes, and can be saved as PDFs
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0t9hvn9gkqajj3/uk_5416EC7B8.pdf?dl=0>(although
I don't find the PDF's as readable as the on-line versions which use
'traditional' Mapnik style with a very clear overlay of bus stops and
routing info).

As one of my destinations was best reached by a number of different buses
with very different routes, the provision of walking routes through parks &
a nature reserve. In fact I wished I'd used this facility more as it would
have meant I'd have caught an earlier bus in Sheffield: and I could have
stored some of the PDF plans on the phone to double check exactly where the
bus stops where situated. (I may have also been properly alerted that the
tram network in Manchester was shut down on Saturday).

All-in-all its a very useful improvement to the Traveline site, and I felt
a great deal of satisfaction that it was OSM data delivered through a 3rd
party site. Although I've been aware of traveline's activity with OSM, I'd
no idea that I'd find it so useful.

Many thanks,

Jerry
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