CycleStreets quickfire presentation to OSM State of the Map 2009

CycleStreets.net UK-wide bicycle journey planner & photomap For Cyclists, By Cyclists Martin Lucas-Smith www.CycleStreets.net

CycleStreets System of two parts: Cycle journey planner Photomap Online facility Campaigning tool

CycleStreets: history  Originally Gmap, Cambridge-only system  OSM was obvious data source for UK-wide system  CycleStreets: public beta in March 2009

CycleStreets: UK-wide

Journey Planner

Namefinder used for locations

Gives Fastest + Quietest + Shortest

Route feedback goes to OSM contacts

KML and GPX export

Routing documented

Photomap: cycling photos on map

Upload photo / video / Flickr import

Photomap: add categorisation data

Listings e.g. “All cycle parking problems in Cambridge”

Other features: RSS feed, Galleries, More photos near here, My journeys, Info about this area page, XML plan, etc.

Features about to appear  Photos within route listings  Gives a good idea of journey before riding  Hills/contours  Local Authority backend to prioritise problems shown in photo and solve them  Tools for getting feedback to OSM people  CycleStreets helps highlight data problems

Financially  We acknowledge it’s not an area that will make anyone a huge amount of money  Benefits mainly to individual users and local authorities  Initial seed funding was obtained  Funding needed for new features, especially mobile phone interface

Please try CycleStreets and give feedback!  Feedback in an area you know is very useful to us  Use of OSM data for real-life routing means data errors will be found quicker  So better for OSM ...  and better for CycleStreets  Community aspect very important to us  Good links with cycling bodies  All feedback welcome!

Martin Lucas-Smith, www.CycleStreets.net @cyclestreets info@cyclestreets.net

CycleStreets quickfire presentation to OSM State of the Map 2009

by CycleStreets on Jul 14, 2009

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