[Talk-us] MassGIS Road Import - Lanes

[Greg Morgan]

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:30 AM, Greg Morgan <dr.kludge.gm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't live there but Mapillary user marc has nice coverage for some of
> the roads in question[1].  I am _guessing_ that a formula was developed
> based on the width value that Massgis had in their data. Looking at
> Mapillary while in JOSM, it almost looks like there is a one off error or a
> condition in one area of Massachusetts did not apply to another area of
> Massachusetts.  Again these are just guesses!  If you look at Massachusetts
> Avenue via JOSM/Mapillary, the street looks like lanes = 2 except for a
> turning lane here and there.
>
>
Oh! Oh!  I forgot to add, thank you for the mappers that imported Massgis.
  I'd rather have a usable map with street names and actual streets than a
map of perfect emptiness.  We has a wonderful useful map verses areas full
of "here be dragons".[2]



> Massachusetts Avenue
> width = 18.9; lanes = 3
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8615119
>
> Hancock Street
> width = 12.2; lanes = 2
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8615674
>
> width = 7.6; lanes = 1
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8614912
>
> [1] https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/marc?lat=42.
> 382047952522356&lng=-71.18021987120689&z=12.90517848549394&focus=map&pKey=
> L9nOys_VqYuhOjcZ0Z9I9A
>
> [2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_be_dragons




> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Spencer Gardner <
> spencergardner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is anyone on here familiar with the process that was used to upload
>> MassGIS road data for the state of Massachusetts? I'm noticing a lot of
>> incorrect lane information on one-way residential streets and wondering if
>> the bulk import process could be the cause. I'd love to hear if anyone else
>> has come across this.
>>
>> For reference, see http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8615602
>>
>> I haven't scoured the rest of the state, but Cambridge is riddled with
>> one-way residential streets that all have lanes=2 when there's clearly only
>> a single travel lane.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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