Folks, I've just added the Jan 2016 preferred route alignment for HS2 phase 2a (West Midlands to Crewe) along with the associated tags, converted from the data.gov OGL shapefile to OSM format as per previous HS2 additions I've undertaken. All ways are also added into a single relation for ease of reference/selection.
The upload sits in one changeset https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/44037689 The uploaded data basically duplicates the consultation alignment (with a very slight few meter offset) that was uploaded as the Phase 2 consultation alignment in 2014. Once the OGL shapefiles are available for the now preferred phase 2b (Crewe to Manchester & West Midlands to Leeds) I would propose to remove the original Phase 2 2014 data from OSM so that the data properly reflects Governments now preferred routes and the proper distinction between the three main phases of the proposed HS2 (Phase 1, Phase 2a & Phase 2b -West and East). This will also eliminate the apparent current data duplication over the Phase 2a portion between the West Midlands and Crewe. The only data that appears to be missing in the Jan 2016 Phase 2a shapefile is the proposed HS2 linespeed. I could copy the linespeed data from the Phase 2 consultation version though I do not know if it would be entirely correct. For now I'll ignore as it can always be added from a suitable source later. Any comments please add them in the changeset comments. In other rail related updates I made new road layout final changes at Norton Bridge WCML upgrades near Eccleshall at the weekend. All works are now complete there. Also for those near Peterborough the new rail diveunder at Werrington has just stared detailed design with the contractor now on board for construction. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
