As previously announced [1], we've been working with Andy Allan and the
DfT's contractors to open up the cycling data that the DfT have collected
(via manual surveys on bikes) over recent years.
This data for each area is now available, converted, and ready for easy
merging in with a new Potlatch2 tool Andy has written. The DfT is very keen
to see the data more widely used, by OSM.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/England_Cycling_Data_project
It has these attributes, and the CycleStreets router [2] now supports them:
- Surface quality (surface=)
- Local Cycle Network signage (lcn=)
- Lots of missing paths not yet in OSM
- Cycle lane/path widths (width/est_width=)
- Barriers of various kinds (barrier=)
- Traffic calming (traffic_calming=)
- Lighting (lit=)
The LCN tags, surface tags, and missing paths, will particularly help the
routing quality, as Shaun/Gregory who see user feedback will attest!
The wiki URL above has a link to each area, and there's a screencast on
Andy's merging tool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sMxpWptCQ
I've so far merged in almost half the Cambridge data in under half a day.
We'd love to see a local 'cheerleader' for each area. Could you sign up on
the Wiki for that?
Further work we're doing in support of this project is:
- Writing articles for CTC, LCC and other cycling groups about getting
involved in OpenStreetMap surveying more generally, and hopefully then
helping with this merging project.
- Creating a resource for local Councils to inform them about OSM data, the
merging tool, and how it will improve cycle journey planning.
- Getting our feedback system map-enabled (it's purely tabular at the
moment!) and opened up so that the effect of merging in this data is
clearer. We can't directly use MapDust as bugs need triaging first to avoid
MapDust getting engine-related spam or having personal data in.
- Getting the P2 customisations into our local copy on the CycleStreets
website and making the existence of the data clearer in various ways.
- Hoping to get some visualisations done of merged coverage.
- Screencasts and other documentation.
- Any usability improvements in response to feedback on the tool.
[1] Talk-gb discussions, which provided useful feedback, now incorporated:
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2011-October/012256.html
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2012-January/012764.html
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2012-March/012900.html
[2] http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2012/05/20/more-osm-tags-supported/
Martin, ** CycleStreets - For Cyclists, By Cyclists
Developer, CycleStreets ** http://www.cyclestreets.net/
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