[Openstreetmap] Re: Workshop: Map the Isle of Wight

Andy Robinson Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Nov 28 08:28:59 GMT 2005


Re logging by bicycle:

I can recon on covering about 20km of urban road (residential mainly) in
around 2 hours tops. So conservatively work on 10km per hour. It can
obviously be faster if only main thoroughfares are being mapped although I
would not go above 20km per hour even then.

Andy Robinson

>-----Original Message-----
>From: openstreetmap-bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk [mailto:openstreetmap-
>bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of SteveC
>Sent: 28 November 2005 00:46
>To: David Groom
>Cc: openstreetmap at vr.ucl.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: [Openstreetmap] Re: Workshop: Map the Isle of White
>
>* @ 27/11/05 04:56:11 PM reviews at pacific-rim.net wrote:
>> Thought it might be helpful if I posted some general information about
>the
>> Isle of Wight.
>> Also I don't want to seem too picky, put it is spelt  "Wight" not
>"White".
>
>Yes of course, sorry :-)
>
>>
>> >From east to west, the land measures 25 miles, and 13 from north to
>south.
>> The total area of 146 sq. miles has 532 miles of roads, 514 miles of
>> footpaths and bridleways, and 57 miles of coastline. Taken from the
>> Councils Website
>>
>> Whilst 532 miles of road might not sound much, it should be pointed out
>> other than about 2 miles all of this is single carriage ways, and
>probably
>> over half has a speed limit of  40mph or under.  It terms of how long I
>> think you should be looking for to collect the GPS data then it would
>> obviously depend on how many people were involved, but I would think a
>> weekend would be too short.
>
>So let's be conservative and say a car will average 20 mph? Between two
>cars that's 13 hours. Double it if we expect 10 mph. It really hinges on
>the number of people that come who can bring cars.
>
>Would the cyclists and walkers care to estimate some times?
>
>It might be better for cyclists to cover some roads, too.
>
>have fun,
>
>SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/
>
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