On 16 March 2010 11:34, Edward Beckmann <edward.beckm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > I have no idea where to start, but I'd like to display all of the roads in > the UK that are deristricted, but not motorways. The simple reason is that I > am a motorcyclist, and am frustrated with picking nice bendy roads on a map > to find they are all 30 or 40mph. There are a few 'best roads' sites, but > they tend to be for head down, ass-in-the-air performance bikes that seem to > like going at 140mph along straight roads. > So, the idea is to suck the data out of a gps device (not that I have one), > and then ask it stuff. I assume that gps data is a database with name, > class, start point, end point, speed grading, speed limit etc. Can anyone > help please (suggesting I get a push-bike and stop polluting the planet is > not necessarily classed as help, in case you were tempted)? > Thanks > Ed
This sounds like an ideal problem for the http://openstreetmap.org data. With a bit of work, a map could be created with the roads you want highlighted. There are even sites that let you play with the map style on-line, but you will have to search for them, as I don't have a reference to hand. -- Philip Stubbs -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
