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Archived by achadwick (talk) 10:57, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Past Events and projects

There was an Oxford mapping Sunday on 11th December 2006. See http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006 for more details.

Cycle mapping

Mapping Oxford for Cyclists - introductory big meeting, start of something nice, we hope. Basic introduction to OSM for the Cyclox membership and anyone else who wants to attend. Implement part of the mapping workflow in (recyclable) dead tree material for less techie / more time-pressed people.

20 mph zones

• Get the new Oxford 20mph zones into the map data: the scheme goes live on 1 Sept 2009, and it would be nice to have the info in by then. Microplan:
  1. Obtain the data - DONE
     • In many places there are nice new signposts at the entrances to residential areas with no signs on
     • News reports: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4550677.20mph_signs_go_up_around_Oxford/
     • Incomplete list of roads affected at http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/20limits
     • Ask County Hall nicely for a full list -- User:Socks did so and they very kindly sent a copy of the the Road Traffic Order as a Microsoft Word file.
  2. Clarify that we can use it - DONE
     • Copyright - does this apply to a list of names?
     • Database Right - more applicable, less understandable. We'd be doing a rather complete import of a big list.
       • "from the council bloke: "Hi - thanks - no, the information on speed limits is publicly available so no problem in your using it. Perhaps the only thing to note is that speed limits do obviously change from time to time, and I guess it would be appropriate to have a disclaimer to say that while accurate at the time of compiling your map, it may not reflect subsequent changes - (no doubt there is in any case something to this effect any way??"
       • Guess that's OK then... most routing apps will make disclaimers of that sort themselves. If someone makes a map rendering based on this data, they should add disclaimers of the form suggested.
  3. Incorporate the data citywide - User:Achadwick, others?
     • The data comes in two tables: a set of partial roads, and a bigger table of complete roads.
       • incorporate partials: DONE.
       • script the import of all the complete road lengths -- achadwick, Done
       • TODO: cleanup after the script runs: in progress: see the list of missing roads below.
     • Tagging scheme:

       maxspeed=20 mph

       maxspeed:note=Oxford 20 mph zone FIXME: should probably be source:maxspeed really

     • The partials are defined by their relations to other ways in human-readable format. It's nice to have the spec in the db so that if the node gets moved accidentally it can be put back to where it belongs. So tag start and end s as well as the s themselves, and for some of them add

       maxspeed:spec=<textual description of what defines this node's location or this way's limit>

       • Examples: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/473711249 http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39542301
       • Tagging a node with maxspeed=20 mph makes it display nicely in JOSM even if it has no additional meaning to a routing engine. Ease of editing is good!
     • TODO: Cross-check with the other articles above: pretty much everything else inside the ring road will be 30mph save fast ones like Marston Ferry Road. It might be worth making a render in which one colour is used for 20 mph roads and another for roads-which-could-be-20mph (ie, every highway= apart from footway and cycleway) in order to highlight (for example) service roads and stubs which are in the zone but not been captured by the above process.
       • JOSM does this quite nicely with a search too
     • Generate a list of roads 'missing' in OSM - DONE: /20mph missing roads.
  4. Party. After this, we'll presumably be able to say that we have Every Street In Oxford on the map. Maybe a little celebration would be in order?

Plans for further mapping

Those planning to cover an area should indicate so below. Those considering an area should qualify it with a ?

Phase 1 - inside the ring road

• Iffley / Rose Hill - Nick - Done
• Cowley Road (near town) - Nick+Socks - Done
• Cowley Road (towards Temple Cowley) - David, mostly done? achadwick
• Temple Cowley - achadwick
• Florence Park
• Wood Farm Socks - Done
• Headington (Centre) - magnayn, achadwick
• Headington Hill - magnayn, achadwick
• Headington Quarry - magnayn, achadwick - Done
• Old Marson - David - Done
• New Marston - David - Done
• Northway - achadwick?
• Summertown - David+Nick - Almost done, just around Marston Ferry Road remaining
• Wolvercote - David - Done
• Park Town / Norham Manor - David - Done
• Jericho - David - Done
• Walton Manor - David+Nick - Done
• Osney / Botley Road - David
• Grandpont (inc nature reserve) / Abingdon Road - Dom
• University Park - Dom+Nick - Done
• Conservation area E of N and S Hinksey and W of railway - Dom
• Town Centre:
  • Initial Mapping - Done
  • Multiple Passes (due to narrow streets and high buildings)
  • Adjusting streets to average from the multiple passes
  • Cross referencing with 1900s map [Harmsworth Encyclopaedia Map] / [Orthorectified Version]

Phase 2 - just outside the ring road

• Blackbird Leys - achadwick - Done
• Kidlington - MattW - Done.
• Botley - David
• Dean Court - achadwick - Done
• Cutteslowe - David - Done.
• Kennington - Dom - Done bar footpaths.

Phase 3 - surrounding villages

Hmm. We could to with some nice diagrams to explain these slices better. Also, it'd be helpful if someone could come up with some finer slices - these are big! --achadwick 18:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

• East - N of the B480 to Watlington, S of the A34 to Bicester

• Islip - MattW - Done
• Noke
• Woodeaton
• Oddington
• Charlton-on-Otmoor
• Fencott
• Murcott
• Horton-cum-Studley
• Beckley
• Elsfield
• Boarstall
• Brill
• Oakley
• Worminghall
• Ickford
• Waterstock
• Horspath - achadwick - Done --achadwick 18:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
• Wheatley - largely complete now, with User:Mtcv's help. --achadwick 18:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
• Cuddesdon - User:Achadwick
• Garsington - User:Achadwick
• Miltons - User:Achadwick
• Haseleys - User:Achadwick
• Stadhampton

• South - E of the A420 to Faringdon, S of the B480 to Watlington

• Littlemore -- FIXME: not really a village. Move.
• Chiselhampton
• Newington
• Drayton St Leoonard
• Berinsfield
• Baldons
• Nuneham Courtnay
• Culham
• Clifton Hampden
• Abingdon is big enough to be treated specially
• Drayton
• Shippon - roads all done --achadwick 21:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
• Wootton - partly complete, needs some residential bits filling in
• Cothill
• Dry Sandford
• Sunningwell

• West - North of the A420 to Faringdon, S of the A40 to Witney

• Cumnor - achadwick - Done --achadwick 18:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
• Boars Hill - achadwick, partial. Many footpaths still to do (stubbed).
• Bessels Leigh (or Besselsleigh?)
• Appleton
• Eaton
• Farmoor and Filchampstead - Done --achadwick 18:50, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
• Fyfield
• Kingston Bagpuize - saggy, and a bit loose at the seams (but Emily loved him)
• Newbridge
• Northmoor
• Standlake
• Stanton Harcourt
• Eynsham - David - Done
• Wytham

• North - W of the A34 to Bicester, N of the A40 to Witney

• Yarnton - Robert Munro - Done.
• Begbroke - MattW - Done.
• Woodstock - MattW - Village done, just footpaths out of village and within Blenheim Park remaining
• Hanboroughs - done minus a few footpaths
• Cassington
• Freeland
• Thrupp - MattW - Done
• Kidlington and Garden City - MattW - Done
• Hampton Poyle - Done
• Bletchingdon
• Bunkers Hill
• Bladon
• Combe
• Kirtlington
• Weston-on-the-Green

Phase n+0.5 - floating tidy-up tasks

• Bus stops - achadwick (as I go). We also need to decide on some conventions to use (Discussion tab, please!).
• Maplint patrol - fix up any trouble spots identified by the maplint suite
• Land-use areas - landuse=residential in particular
• Check for tasks on pages, that link to Oxford.
• Report and fix errors on OpenStreetBugs.