![]() ![]() If you have a GPS device you can also go out mapping! Basically this involves cycling/walking around and obtaining a GPS trace from where you go, and recording on your journey things like street names, points of interest, information about the street itself (which is very important for cycle routing!) and so on. It certainly makes it nice and easy to add information to the map, especially on the move. And our friends in OpenStreetMap are busy working on a new-generation editing system (called Potlatch 2) which will make things even easier.Īnother way of editing information in OpenStreetMap is MapZen, which is also available on iPhone. Once you're used to the (currently) slightly quirky interface, it's very easy and addictive. We've written a guide on How to add a bike shop to OpenStreetMap. For instance, if a bike shop or a spot for cycle parking isn't present, you can go to the map and add it. Starting with the most easy thing, a good way to start is by adding Points Of Interest (POIs) to the map. quiestest/fastest) to our service, and our data endpoint (called an 'API') returns the route solution. start/finish points and type of journey, e.g. Mobile apps springing up basically work by sending details of the required journey (i.e. We apply subjective scoring over this objective data in order to route you from A-B. CycleStreets (and others) regularly take this data and import it into a compressed format that we then use to route over. OpenStreetMap is the brilliant open data map that provides the data that CycleStreets and other projects use.įor those not familiar with OpenStreetMap: It's basically like a 'Wikipedia of maps' – anyone can contribute to it, and each such contribution is a valuable addition that adds to the collective knowledge of what exists, where. What is also just as pleasing is seeing people discovering OpenStreetMap as a result, and saying that they're interested in getting involved. We're really thrilled by the response to our iPhone app and the other apps using our routing. ![]()
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