On a side note re Darlington: I noticed this as a place good for a mapping party but I ran out of time before leaving the North East. If it still needs love in a year's time then I will organise an event there, but that is quite a while to wait. If someone was to organise something then you could probably gather a handful of mappers from Durham, Sunderland, Stockton, Middlesborough, maybe even Newcastle, fairly easily.
-- Gregory i...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com 2009/7/7 Peter Miller <peter.mil...@itoworld.com> > > I notice that councils across England are being encouraged to > contribute to the cost of collecting data for the national cycle > journey planner based on ITN data from the OS. It seem particularly > strange that local councils are now being asked to pay to collect data > for the national mapping agency even thought the data can only be used > with data from the national mapping agency! > > http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Environment/915276/Call-councils-sign-online-cycle-planner/ > > Details about the journey planner can be found on the DfT website here: > http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/encouraging-cycling/journey-planner/ > > This FAQ does make passing comment that there are other planners, but > makes no mention of OpenStreetMap or CycleStreets or OpenCycleMap etc > http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/docs/journey_planner_faqs.pdf > > These 'terms of data collection' make interesting reading > > http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/standard_terms_for_data_collection.pdf > > OSM coverage of cycle demonstration towns is pretty good already and > it would be truly weird for the Cambridgeshire County Council to pay > for someone to survey Cambridge! Not all data is good, Darlington in a > 'UK Mapping Priority' and some of the places have gaps. Should we have > a project to complete these towns? > > I have created an article the demonstration towns here: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cycling_demonstration_town > > I have also created a category for the towns and added them to it. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Cycling_demonstration_town > > Fyi, when I tried the DfT planner from Manchester Piccadilly Station > to the Manchester Oxford Road University Site it suggested I use a > narrow cycle lane on the A6. I am pleased to say that CycleStreets and > other OSM related planners suggested something better. > > I really can't see how the DfT are going to be able to compete with > OSM in this space and I am wondering how we can get them on side. > > > > > Regards, > > > > Peter > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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