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On 17/01/2008, Tom Carden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > This is something I know a little bit about. I've CC'd the > mysociety-maps list too so they know that other people are still > thinking about this. > > You can join that list here: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/maps > > On 17/01/2008, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a proposition that I'd like to discuss for open mapping. It's not my > > idea originally but Chris Lightfoot's (the late genius of social computing > > projects). One of his projects was undertaken a while back for the UK's > > Department of Transport but seems to have languished unused ever since. > > > > The project can be found here: > > http://www.mysociety.org/2006/travel-time-maps/index.php#examples > > > > Happily I can inform you that this work has recently been picked up again. > > I have recently been helping mysociety with the presentation of their > latest data (I've also had assistance from Nick at ZXV). I'm not sure > exactly when the updated maps will launch but suffice to say *WATCH > THIS SPACE*. > > > It strikes me that this kind of journey time contours map has great value, > > especially if it relies on genuine travel data from motivated participants. > > I > > could imagine an open source solution using a mobile/GPS combo being used to > > show real-time travel time data - where the user can change the time base > > for > > a running average (from 'this hour' to 'this year') > > > > I hope I'm not revisiting a topic that has been done to death in this forum > > - > > I couldn't find anything with a fairly cursory search. > > Not at all. > > > > > Let me know what you think. > > I suspect for the parts of the world already well-covered by OSM, work > on routing and travel times could begin NOW (and already has, I > think). But my favourite part of the mysociety work is the fact that > it concentrates on public transport - that's a trickier proposition. > > Best, > > Tom. > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
