Out of interest, how much would one of these tenders go for i.e. how much do people pay in the "real world" for this kind of thing? Are we talking £500, £50,000, £250,000?
Cheers, Andy On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Peter Miller <peter.mil...@itoworld.com> wrote: > > The DfT have just published a contract out for the collection and > management of cycle data for St Leonards on Sea > > "Lot 1. Cycle data collection. Undertaking cycle surveys to extend the > Ordnance Survey Integrated Transport Network to include information > about existing cycling infrastructure and where cycling is permitted > and recommended. Cycle data will be provided in accordance to > CycleNetXChange specification (http://www.cyclenetxchange.org.uk/). > > "Lot 2 - Cycle data management. Managing the central database > including coordinating data collection, journey planner publishing, > data maintenance and quality assurance activities and managing local > authorities and data suppliers. These activities are supported through > the online data management tools provided by Transport Direct. > http://www.publictenders.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=84033 > > Should we give the place a review and ensure it is top notch for > cycling before the contact is awarded. The roads for the place seems > to be complete, however there is a distinct lack of footpaths and > cyclepaths in the town which seems unlikely. There is also a lack of > paths through parks and there are no cycle lanes/tracks on roads > according to OpenCycleMap. It might also need work on turn restrictions. > > The users retselkim, timsc, fyremoon and the_winch seems to be > reasonably active in the area. It is too far for me to go but might be > a good venue for a mapping party this summer - south coast, sun, sea, > ice cream etc ;) > > > > Regards, > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
