[OSM-talk] Proximity

john whelan jwhelan0112 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 23:59:57 UTC 2018


https://www.mapnificent.net/ does a close enough job for public transit
certainly locally and demonstrates it can be done.

I thank Fredrick for his comments as well.  If a more refined solution is
required then there is enough information given to make a start coding.

Thanks John

On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, 6:51 pm Imre Samu, <pella.samu at gmail.com> wrote:

> > If you live within a 5 minute walk of a bus stop on a route that goes
> past the hospital then its easy to get to but how do you find these
> locations using OpenStreetMap data?
> >Many cities have had their bus stops imported.  If you are in one of
> these what else is needed to work it out?
>
> A lot of cities has a GTFS feed - with the latest public transport info it
> can be combined with  OSM hospital info
> see: https://www.mapnificent.net/  [ *"Shows you areas you can reach with
> public transport in a given time"* ]
>
> Best,
>  Imre
>
>
>
> john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. szept. 28.,
> P, 23:24):
>
>> I drifted down to a government conference on open data and software today
>> and whilst there a question came up concerning proximity to a hospital.
>>
>> Just a planner wondering where to put it to maximise the ease of access
>> for as many people as possible.
>>
>> You can route plan for walking and driving a car but what can you do for
>> public transport.
>>
>> Essentially it is how many buildings are within 1 km for pedestrians, 3
>> km for cyclists, 7 km for a car.  I've chosen arbitrary numbers but public
>> transit is quite different.  If you live within a 5 minute walk of a bus
>> stop on a route that goes past the hospital then its easy to get to but how
>> do you find these locations using OpenStreetMap data?
>>
>> Many cities have had their bus stops imported.  If you are in one of
>> these what else is needed to work it out?
>>
>> The information is worth money.  The right location makes a business or
>> amenity more valuable.
>>
>> What do we have?
>>
>> Is this the right forum to raise the problem?
>>
>> Thanks John
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