Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-30 Thread john whelan
The person I spoke to who had the requirement was from Health Canada and they entered their name in an email to themselves on my phone. They specifically asked for OpenStreetMap to the presenter and I didn't have time to discuss the requirements in detail. The email address they entered was

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-30 Thread Philip Barnes
As a rule, if somewhere large like a hospital is built then bus companies will change their routes to serve it. More local health centres are built to serve their local area, if you live in a settlement of a reasonable size you will expect the local health centre to be walkable without using

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-30 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
On 29.09.18 00:46, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, On 28.09.2018 23:21, john whelan wrote: Many cities have had their bus stops imported. And even more cities have their bus stops mapped in the traditional fashion, like, riding a bus and recording where it stops. It's amazing how much you can do

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-29 Thread Pierre Béland
Solutions depend how big is your data.  Overpass count function might be the solution if just a one shot calculation.  You would have a query for each type. If you want to use the power of SQL databases, Sqlite is a «light solution», coupled with the DBeaver database tool.https://dbeaver.io/ I

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-29 Thread john whelan
Thank you kind sir. I've got sidetracked into trying to count types of buildings. I used to use VB not for its power but for its development interface. So much easier than using assembler which I started with many years ago. Apparently I need a datatable to sort a couple of columns, fine but

[OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 29.09.2018 01:59, john whelan wrote: > 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. I know Perl isn't what people use these days but just to show that it really isn't rocket science (and

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Jem
> One method might be to plot a path from each building to the health centre by walking, car and bicycle then see how many can reach it within x minutes. That is a lot of routing calculation to do but it can be done overnight or even over a couple of days. Consider using a reverse walk from the

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread john whelan
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

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Imre Samu
> 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

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread john whelan
>Here proximity to to a train station is worth more money than proximity to a bus stop.Within 1 km of a train station is where developers and purchases of apartments want them and they will pay more for that proximity. Train stations are usually well represented in OSM data.Bus stops are not so

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 28.09.2018 23:21, john whelan wrote: > Many cities have had their bus stops imported.  And even more cities have their bus stops mapped in the traditional fashion, like, riding a bus and recording where it stops. It's amazing how much you can do with one day pass :) > what else is

Re: [OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread Warin
On 29/09/18 07:21, john whelan wrote: 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.

[OSM-talk] Proximity

2018-09-28 Thread john whelan
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