A New Way To Amsterdam

Presented at State of The Map 2009, Amsterdam

http://2009.stateofthemap.org/tag/amsterdam/

Transcript

1. A New Way To Amsterdam Andrew Larcombe Geospatial Consultancy & Development andrew@andrewl.net twitter: andrewl http://andrewl.net
2. Cycling from Dunkerque to Amsterdam You're crazy
3. Cloudmade Routing
4. Cloudmade Routing
5. Open Cyclemap
6. There is a better way  LF­1 Nordzeeroute  6,000km transnational route  Relationship exists, but not well marked up in OSM  Patchy coverage
7. LF-1 (relation=2761)
8. Cycling and mapping from Dunkerque to Amsterdam  A great way to see the country  A great way to cover large amounts of tracks  Needs a 'post processing' approach to mapping  Collect data + photos, review and process later.
9. Hardware  Nokia E71 – primary GPS  Quick GPS fixes, awesome battery life (9 hours GPS tracking)
10. Hardware  Ye Olde Etrex  Bullet­proof, go­anywhere, solid. Backup device provides belt and braces approach.
11. Hardware  Nokia N73  Takes 640x480 exif JPEG every 120 seconds using a Python script
12. Hardware  Dell Mini 9 netbook running JOSM
13. Ready to go
15. Smash!  Bicycles + Rain + Tram Lines = Pain. Who knew?  Could only ride, and map, half of the journey.  This is why...
18. The Good News  GPS tracks for the whole days ride  Great selection of photos as a memory aid...
19. Context  A user of the item being mapped has a different (better?) perspective than another person.  Who can use this: cyclists, mopeds, horses, cars?
20. Context  Each of these cycle direction signs are targetted towards different users
21. Final thoughts  Horrific injuries notwithstanding, bike touring + mapping is fun!  Bike tour mapping events?  Use commercial touring companies?  Not just ways, but all the 'cycling infrastructure' – parking, hire, signage, shops, etc.  Could feed into OpenStreetView?
22. Thank you Andrew Larcombe Geospatial Consultancy & Development andrew@andrewl.net twitter: andrewl http://andrewl.net