[OSM-talk] Cycle route planning using OSM

Christoph Eckert ce at christeck.de
Mon Apr 2 21:30:00 BST 2007


Hi Tom,

> I'm new here, but recently attended the Open Knowledge Forum event in
> London, and enjoyed hearing about OpenStreetMap's efforts. I was even
> more amazed to see the level of detail that places like Cambridge and
> Loughborough are at!

you're welcome :) .

> What I'm here to ask is whether there's any interest in putting cycle
> route information onto OSM. Properties such as
> bikelane_exists=yes;bikelane_hours=24h;trafficdensity=low - that sort
> of thing, as well as putting on useful nodes such as bike parking.

Being an excessive cyclist, my main intention to work on OSM is cycle 
route planning. But I admit that currently we first need some basic 
data so I avoid special cyclist tagging. That's postponed until we have 
more basic data. Currently there's less chance to use OSM data for 
something like autorouting.

What I can imagine one day is that we have an autorouting which cannot 
only do routing for several vehicles based on "best time" and "shortest 
distance" but also "nicest route" or (especially for slow bike 
riders :) "flattest route". But currently there's less infrastructure 
(superways, tags etc.) to start on such a tagging.

Currently I use
http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map/development.html
or
http://clickroute.de/
to plan my cycle tours, and I really hope that one day I can use such a 
tool based on OSM data.

ce





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