[OSM-talk] differences in how OpenCycleMap renders bicycle parking

[Shaun McDonald]

Hi Edward,

You need a capacity of at least 20 before it is shown. The reason for  
needing a larger number of spaces before it was rendered with a big C  
was due to places like http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=18&lat=51.49685&lon=-0.12529&layers=B000 
  where it would show lots of blue C's beside each other which wasn't  
particularly useful when the cycle parking was mapped in detail.

You'll find that a heat map similar to http://www.flickr.com/photos/gravitystorm/3811329030/ 
  would be of far more use to your project.

Shaun

On 23 Oct 2009, at 13:20, Hillsman, Edward wrote:

> I have a question about how OpenCycleMap renders bicycle parking.
>
> At this location (central London)
>
> http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=15&lat=51.51367&lon=-0.08747&layers=B000
>
> bicycle parking is rendered as a white “C”  on a blue background,  
> with the number of spaces (capacity=#) in blue below it. This holds  
> at the lowest zoom level that shows bicycle parking, and at all  
> higher zoom levels.
>
> At this location (University of South Florida, Tampa)
>
> http://www.opencyclemap.org/?lat=28.058419&lon=-82.415946&zoom=18&layers=00B0FTF
>
> bicycle parking is rendered as only a small blue square-ish dot.  
> Again, this holds at the lowest zoom level that shows bicycle  
> parking, and at all higher zoom levels.
>
> Can someone explain the reason for the difference? Is there  
> something we can do to get the London-style rendering in Tampa?
>
> Our university’s bicycle club is interested in mapping the bicycle  
> parking on campus and the surrounding area. As the club’s faculty  
> advisor I’ve suggested they can do it using OSM. But we really would  
> like to see the capacity displayed as in the London example. For  
> reasons related to when various parts of the campus were built,  
> there appears to be a major imbalance in the availability of cycle  
> parking between sections of the campus, and the club would like to  
> use the OpenCycleMap to help document this (the university does not  
> seem to have data on the number and location of bicycle parking  
> spaces on campus). I’m hoping that this effort will get more  
> students involved in OSM generally (and thereby get the campus  
> mapped more completely). I have the expertise and tools to export  
> the data from OSM into something that will render the map the club  
> wants, but I think the students will have greater ownership in the  
> project if they are able to get that map on their own, without  
> faculty technical expertise; so far, none of the students active in  
> the club has indicated having this kind of expertise.
>
> I’d welcome answers to the question, and suggestions.
>
> Ed
>
> Edward L. Hillsman, Ph.D.
> Senior Research Associate
> Center for Urban Transportation Research
> University of South Florida
> 4202 Fowler Ave., CUT100
> Tampa, FL  33620-5375
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> 813-974-5168 (fax)
> hillsman at cutr.usf.edu
> http://www.cutr.usf.edu
>
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