[OSM-talk] Cyclopath wiki bicycle map (was: Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle)

[Reid Priedhorsky]

On Tue, 04 May 2010 13:35:40 -0700, David Fawcett wrote:
> 
> You may be interested in the CycloPath project.  http://cyclopath.org/
> 
> It is an OSM-like project for bicycle routes in Minneapolis - St.
> Paul, Minnesota, USA.  A user can edit the cycle 'ways' and rate
> preferences for different ways.  CycloPath can then generate
> preferable routes for that user.

Hi all,

Forgive me for parachuting in. I'm the project leader for Cyclopath, and 
a Google Alert for that search term led me to this thread.

Cyclopath does do subjective routing, in two ways. First, cyclists can 
rate the bikeability of roads and trails on a block-by-block basis, and 
these preferences are taken into account when routing. Second, when you 
request a route, you can give requirements in terms of bikeability vs. 
distance and which tags you prefer and disprefer. I believe this is the 
same subjective-over-objective philosophy another commenter in this 
thread recommended.

We also support a number of annotations within the map: collaboratively 
edited notes and tags (where tags are the traditional definition: words 
or phrases that are attached to a map feature), bikeability ratings, and 
we recently added discussions to the map.

Cyclopath is a research project and has led to several well-received 
papers in the human-computer interaction and collaborative systems 
domains. See http://reidster.net/papers.html for more.

Anyway, I mostly wanted to say hi and let you all know we are here. If 
you have any questions, ask and I will reply here on the list.

Thanks!

Reid