CycleStreets own comments on the amount spent: http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2010/04/08/foi-response-our-views/
On 12 April 2010 08:05, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > "On his personal website Mr Taylor explains how a free online cycle > route planner has been available in Cambridge since the Cambridge > Cycling Campaign Journey Planner was launched in 2006. This system > then mutated into CycleStreets, a nationwide project, which provides > users with suggestions for cycle friendly routes and allows them to > choose for either an "unhurried" or "quick" ride. The cost of this > scheme, in terms of central government funding, was a few thousand > pounds (around £5,000 to £6,000)." > > "In 2009, the Department of Transport launched a service via its > transportdirect.info website, enabling people to find cycle friendly > routes in eighteen specific areas of the UK. The government website > only covers a small handful of selected locations, while CycleStreets > covers the whole of the UK, subject to restrictions set by the quality > of Open Street Map data for a given area. CycleStreets provides > additional function not available through the official option, > including integration with a national photomap which allows people to > see photos taken along the route. The site also integrates with Google > Earth." > > "The cost of work on the government site to date, according to a > freedom of information request submitted via the whatdotheyknow > website is £2,383,739, with plans currently under way to spend a > further £400,000 on adapting what has been produced to provide a route > planner for a Cycling for Schools programme." > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/12/cycle_route_planner/ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Gregory o...@livingwithdragons.com http://www.livingwithdragons.com
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