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Eric Brelsford

@ebrelsford

me:

freelance programmer, mapmaker, teacher

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putting bike lanes into OpenStreetMap

bit.ly/sotmlatam-bikelanes

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Why map bike lanes?

Why map bike lanes?

• visibility and advocacy

OpenCycleMap

opencyclemap.org

Why map bike lanes?

• visibility and advocacy
• fun

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Why map bike lanes?

• visibility and advocacy
• fun
• routing

Citymapper

Citymapper

CycleStreets

CycleStreets

cycle.travel

cycle.travel

Mapzen Turn-by-Turn

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Why map bike lanes?

• visibility and advocacy
• fun
• routing
• ...or someone asks you to!

How did we map bike lanes?

1. Get the official data (and permission to use it in OpenStreetMap)

1. Get the official data (and permission to use it in OpenStreetMap)
2. Compare official data to existing OpenStreetMap data

1. Get the official data (and permission to use it in OpenStreetMap)
2. Compare official data to existing OpenStreetMap data
3. Add the difference (official data not in OSM) to MapRoulette

MapRoulette

maproulette

"a gamified approach to fixing OSM bugs"

maproulette

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you can create your own challenge in MapRoulette

just upload a GeoJSON file!

or use the API if that's not flexible enough

github.com/ebrelsford/maprouletteupload

1. Get the official data (and permission to use it in OpenStreetMap)
2. Compare official data to existing OpenStreetMap data
3. Add the difference (official data not in OSM) to MapRoulette
4. Map!

CycleStreets

good news:

you can map many bike lane attributes in OSM

bad news:

you can map many bike lane attributes in OSM

and bike lanes can get complicated

"sharrows"

(think "share" + "arrow")

bike lanes

physically separated bike lanes

NYC DOT

two-way lanes

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routers' guidelines for tagging bike lanes

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github.com/osmlab/nycbikelanes

github.com/osmlab/nycbikelanes

thanks!

Eric Brelsford

@ebrelsford

bit.ly/sotmlatam-bikelanes