Interesting. I would have thought that the overall quality of cycle route mapping on OSM for London is actually rather high, inspite of TfL - it's certainly orders of magnitude better than TfL's own maps, which seem relentless riddled with strange errors.
On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 4:11 PM Robert Skedgell <r...@hubris.org.uk> wrote: > TfL have recently posted this on Facebook: > > "Google has improved its cycle routes in Google Maps 🚴💚 > New updates now consider traffic conditions and the availability of > Cycleways to prioritise cycling on safer, quieter roads. > These changes are being rolled out to all users by the end of the year." > > > https://www.facebook.com/transportforlondon/posts/pfbid02Po1PXVgVgE4Fbm7zkPUPp4fnq9kkgJfnsNAKbRzMYtTqVviZAevFn34JYAXrXJzVl > > I think that's an indirect admission by TfL that the work done on > OpenStreetMap by TfL's paid "mappers" was an embarrassing failure. Some > of the conflation done by the contractors was quite poor, but most of it > was of much lower quality and should have been reverted. > > On 10/08/2023 16:57, Robert Skedgell wrote: > > As the project was quietly abandoned in January 2023, is it time for a > > post mortem of this incomplete project? > > > > On 15/11/2022 12:01, Whittaker, Ed via Talk-gb-london wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> Following very helpful feedback earlier in the year, we are now > >> looking to recommence efforts to complete the migration of the TfL CID > >> to OSM > >> > >> We will keep an eye on this board, but suggest (and welcome!) feedback > >> to the main post on the talk-gb board > >> ( > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2022-November/029610.html > ) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Ed (Sweco), Aidan (GHD) and Lu (GHD > >> > >> > >> Reg. No.: 2888385 | Reg. Office: Leeds (Registered in England and Wales) > >> Reg. Office Address: Sweco UK Limited, Grove House, Mansion Gate > >> Drive, Leeds, LS7 4DN > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-gb-london mailing list > > Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-gb-london mailing list > Talk-gb-london@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-london >
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