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Openstreetmap - Mapping Galway City
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Deleted User wrote: »I also plan on putting all cycle lanes, paths, parking etc into the map in the new year so if the Galway cycling folks on this board already have data collected I would really appreciate you sending it my way as it would speed up the process 100 fold. Once this is done it should be possible to use navigation routing for your Sunday cycle
Some schemes for cycling maps have a special symbol for "cycle facilities that are not suitable for cycling". Would there be be something similar available for open street map?0 -
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stack of bus stops etc added in the last day or so, thanks all, especially jkforde
galwaycyclist, to come back to you, here is what I've come across this evening with regards cycling & OSM.
First off a few example maps using OSM data:
The Opencyclemap layer on the main OSM site provides one example of routes (note I didnt say roads ) with cycle specific tagging. See the difference between Oxford and Galway
http://openrouteservice.org/ - an example of routing for cycling. Chose fastest, shortest, racer or mountainbike. I've linked to Oxford which is one of the better cities set up for cycling on OSM. Have a play around and see how the route changes depending on whether you pick fastest Vs safest
http://www.cyclestreets.net - This is an excellent resource for cycling and OSM. Included on the site is an excellent starter guide to show you how to get setup on OSM and how to make your first edits. it also gives some specifics for cycle mapping. There is also a slidedeck from cyclestreets which was presented at the annual OSM State of the Map conference
http://www.openfietsmap.nl/ - This site provides downloadable maps for Garmin sat nav units with specific cycling maps. Ireland is not currently listed as an option, but I am providing this as an illustration.
http://www.velomap.org/ - another site offering Garmin maps but also allows you to download and display maps on your PC or Mac. Includes some guides also similar to cyclestreets
http://openmtbmap.org/ - Mountain bike specific maps from the same guy who does velomap
http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/en/ - map of signposted bike trails around the world
Resources:
The openstreetmap wiki is where the majority of what you need will be found. It gets into very detailed specifics depending on what you want to tag, e.g. cycle routes & bike lanes, mountain bike routes, bike parking, bike rental, etc etc etc
As I mentioned above, cyclestreets.net have some great bits on how to get started including a printable guide (15mb pdf).
OSM bike path tutorial from Cycleious
Some articles:
Oxford paper cycle map
Google maps Vs Cyclestreets: Battle for the best route planner
I would happily meet with you or other Galway cycling folks and show you how to get started if you wanted. To be perfectly honest, me mapping this stuff will end up with only a basic map of all the cycle lanes. you guys mapping it (because you cycle the streets everyday) will result in a map which can be utilsed much better on the likes of smartphone app's, web based maps or printed maps.0 -
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Need a bit of help identifying a few bits that I'm having trouble getting info for. The links below open a map with a slider on the top right. Use the slider to switch between Bing imagery and openstreetmap background if you need it.
- In Ballybane, there is something marked as a reservoir but I'm not sure thats what it is and would appreciate someone verifying what its is. you can see it here
- Just below that "reservoir", are these the Ballybane allotments? If so, is there a specific name for them? Or is it something like a community garden or something else entirely?
- In Ballybane, residential road that I can't find any signage for here
- Murrough/Renmore, there is a block of apartments here that I can find no details for. The best piece of info I've gotten so far is "those are for the nun's"
- Knocknacarra, there's an apartment block here
As a side note, recent progress for Galway
- A few thousand addresses have been added for buildings throughout the city and its environs, though mostly residential, see Ballybrit as an example
- Over a dozen new bus stops added since the last check, but there are still a huge amount missing, would appreciate bus users helping out with this if possible.
- The majority of business clusters have been surveyed and mapped by people, adding location, names, ph no's, websites, fax no's etc. Full list and progress below.
Full details on Galway progress, suburb by suburb can be found here (still a work in progress)
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Mrs OBumble wrote: »I don't know about the Ballybane reservior - but the area just below it is indeed the Ballybane Community Organic Garden. Fenced all round, not in allotments AFAIK.
There are apartments in that spot in Renmore. They look kinda institutional, but there was no sign outside when I looked. I assumed that they were related to GMIT, but I guess a convent is possible too. And I have been told recently that the Sisters of Mercy have 40 elderly sisters living in apartments in Renmore.
And did yoiu know there's an IDA mall Business Park on the corner of Tuam Rd and Connolly Ave?
Added name and fencing around the Ballybane Community Organic Garden
That ties in with what I'd heard also regarding the nun's. Another Galway mapper has marked it as sheltered housing as of earlier today so I'll leave it at that and just added Sisters of Mercy as the operators of the housing
Do you know, I've driven past that estate every time I go into town and never once thought to go into it. I've added it to the list and named it as IDA Small Business Park. I'll update it more once I get a chance to take a spin around there, cheersAFAIK it is a reservoir, its marked as Tank on the OSI map.
That street in Ballybane, is marked on Bing if you zoom in enough as another part of Ard Aoibhinn Drive
So the original tagging of it was correct, thats great. I've just added a reservoir_type tag to it to state its a covered one. Should prevent confusion if anyone else ever comes across it
Cheers, but unfortunately I can not use information from Bing, imagery yes, map details, no. Thanks though, appreciate the help
Anyone know any details for the apartments in Knocknacarra? If not, no worries, I'll be out that way at some stage0 -
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Cheers for that anto
In relation to the bus stops in the city, I ran a query which anyone can view for themselves here
I've screenshotted it below and straight off you can see the west of the city is looking great in terms of bus stops but the east is only partially done. There are 136 bus stops marked in Galway.
If anyone knows of a stop on your street I would appreicate if you could zoom into on the map I've linked above and tell me if its there or missing. If its there, just click on it and see if the correct bus route is listed on it and if its not let me know and I'll fix it.
Just let me know the Node number for the stop and the details that need to be added. You can see the Node number for a stop in the image below
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For those interested in Openstreetmap, there is a meetup on Mar 8th in Dublin, details below, taken from hereOpenStreetMap Hack Day
TOG is hosting an OpenStreetMap hack day/meet up/barcamp! OSM members will meet up in Dublin and do open street mappy stuff on laptops in TOG. Like an indoor mapping party / hack day / social meet up / barcamp.
What is OpenStreetMap?
OpenStreetMap is a world wide, open content map. It’s Wikipedia meets Google Maps.
If you’d like to learn more about OpenStreetMap, come along! Want to start mapping your local area, and want help? Come along! Want to find out how to use the low level OpenStreetMap data? Come along! This event is open to all, TOG members, non-TOG-members, general public, hardcore OSM mappers, and OSM newbies.
If you’re an OSM mapper and would like come, but not sure what to do, don’t worry we have loads of townlands to map.
Details
The event is scheduled to run from 12noon until about 6pm on Saturday 8th March 2014. However there is not a fixed schedule so feel free to drop in or out whenever you want.
There is no charge. The event is open to TOG members and members of the general public. Rory is the point of contact for the event. We’ll probably go for some beers or something that evening. You aren’t required to bring anything, but that will limit what you can do. I’d suggest bringing a laptop or something. TOG has free wifi.
TOG & OpenStreetMap
TOG has hosted a mapping party and held talks about OSM. TOG itself has been mapped on OSM for years, and when we moved to new premises, the location was updated.0 -
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