[Talk-GB] Updating maps

[Adrian Berendt]

I made a change to openstreetmap.org last month, to correct Calverley Park
Gardens in Tunbridge Wells to be the B2249 (previously showing as the
A264).  Whilst this appears on the map when I open it, when I look at other
maps based  on openstreets, such as http://www.kenttraffic.info/, it's
still showing the old information.

When will that map get changed?

Adrian
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Re: [Talk-GB] Updating maps

[Lester Caine]

On 04/01/16 10:35, Adrian Berendt wrote:
> I made a change to openstreetmap.org  last
> month, to correct Calverley Park Gardens in Tunbridge Wells to be the
> B2249 (previously showing as the A264).  Whilst this appears on the map
> when I open it, when I look at other maps based  on openstreets, such as
> http://www.kenttraffic.info/, it's still showing the old information.  
> 
> When will that map get changed?

You will need to direct that question to Kent County Council. It is nice
to see that they are using OSM as a base and even nicer that they are
providing their own tile server ( with blue motorways ;) ) but only they
can update the data set they are working from. Annoyingly, they do not
provide a contact link on the site.

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Re: [Talk-GB] Updating maps

[Stuart Reynolds]

Hi Adrian,

It rather depends on where they are getting their map tiles from, and how often 
those are updated. Users are really supposed to generate their own.

Here at traveline south east 
(www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk), for 
example, we have two different sets of tiles, representing different zoom 
levels and delivered from different servers. At our default level you get 
presented with a map tile which is only updated annually. There is a very good 
argument to say that the default should be more often, but I digress. For 
Calverley Park Gardens, it shows the old road designation right now. The two 
levels of zoom below that are delivered from a tile server that is updated 
overnight and re-tiled on the fly. So if you zoom in then you see your edit.

Personally, I would rather re-tile it all. However, as you zoom out you get 
fewer tiles, but there is more data to crunch to produce them - and that can 
leave us not only taking a while to produce the tiles, but also the time to 
then transfer large batches of data to the servers. So we made a design 
decision to do it the way we have.

I’m sure that you will find that Kent Traffic has similar policies. But to know 
what they are, you would have to ask them.

Regards,
Stuart


Stuart Reynolds
for traveline south east & anglia



On 4 Jan 2016, at 10:35, Adrian Berendt 
mailto:adrian.beren...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I made a change to openstreetmap.org last month, to 
correct Calverley Park Gardens in Tunbridge Wells to be the B2249 (previously 
showing as the A264).  Whilst this appears on the map when I open it, when I 
look at other maps based  on openstreets, such as http://www.kenttraffic.info/, 
it's still showing the old information.

When will that map get changed?

Adrian
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Re: [Talk-GB] Updating maps

[Adrian Berendt]

Thanks for the fast response Stuart.  I can see on your website that once
you go to the right level, the road shows as the B2249, which is good.
Kent Traffic shows it as the A264 at all zoom levels.  I'll contact KCC to
see when they propose to update.

On 4 January 2016 at 10:55, Stuart Reynolds <
stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Adrian,
>
> It rather depends on where they are getting their map tiles from, and how
> often those are updated. Users are really supposed to generate their own.
>
> Here at traveline south east (www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk), for
> example, we have two different sets of tiles, representing different zoom
> levels and delivered from different servers. At our default level you get
> presented with a map tile which is only updated annually. There is a very
> good argument to say that the default should be more often, but I digress.
> For Calverley Park Gardens, it shows the old road designation right now.
> The two levels of zoom below that are delivered from a tile server that is
> updated overnight and re-tiled on the fly. So if you zoom in then you see
> your edit.
>
> Personally, I would rather re-tile it all. However, as you zoom out you
> get fewer tiles, but there is more data to crunch to produce them - and
> that can leave us not only taking a while to produce the tiles, but also
> the time to then transfer large batches of data to the servers. So we made
> a design decision to do it the way we have.
>
> I’m sure that you will find that Kent Traffic has similar policies. But to
> know what they are, you would have to ask them.
>
> Regards,
> Stuart
>
> 
> Stuart Reynolds
> for traveline south east & anglia
>
>
>
> On 4 Jan 2016, at 10:35, Adrian Berendt  wrote:
>
> I made a change to openstreetmap.org last month, to correct Calverley
> Park Gardens in Tunbridge Wells to be the B2249 (previously showing as the
> A264).  Whilst this appears on the map when I open it, when I look at other
> maps based  on openstreets, such as http://www.kenttraffic.info/, it's
> still showing the old information.
>
> When will that map get changed?
>
> Adrian
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