http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: cycle parking bike - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:01:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16029#post-211101 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:26:15 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 211101@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thought I share this recipe. Finding bike parking isn't always easy in areas that you're not familiar with - racks are not so easy to see from a distance. So here is how I extract a list of bicycle parking facilities from Openstreetmap and convert it into a POI file for a Garmin GPS so that it can direct me to the nearest rack.</p> <p>Get the list of bike racks from Openstreetmap.<br /> <ul><li>Go to <a href="http://overpass-turbo.eu/" rel="nofollow">http://overpass-turbo.eu/</a></li><li>Copy the following code into the left panel<br /> <code><br /> node<br /> ({{bbox}})<br /> [amenity=bicycle_parking];<br /> out;<br /> </code></li><li>On the map on the right, zoom in/out to the area you are interested in (technical note: the bbox command selects the map area as "bounding box" for the search)</li><li>Click on "execute" - you should see all the bike parking marked on the map</li><li>Click on "export", select GPX and save the resulting file.</li><br /> </ul></p> <p>Convert the gpx file into a Point of Interest (POI) File. This is for Garmin, but it should be similar for other GPS<br /> <ul><li>Garmin has some programmes on their website that do that, but I haven't tried that</li><li>Linux users can use gpsbabel with a command like:<br /> <code><br /> gpsbabel -i gpx -f export.gpx -x duplicate,location,shortname -o garmin_gpi,category="Bike parking" -F "bike_parking.gpi"<br /> </code></li><br /> </ul></p> <p>Copy the resulting file "bike_parking.gpi" onto your Garmin. On my eTrex 30 it then appears under "Extras".</p> <p>Similarly, you can use <code>[amenity=bicycle_rental]</code> for bike rental or <code>[shop=bicycle]</code> for bicycle shops. </p>