http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Collaborative map of cycling advice en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:02:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133418 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:01:59 +0000 chdot 133418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Also worth giving a shout to cyclescape, which is from the same people as cyclestreets."</p> <p>I'm still waiting for it to get a bit easier to use. </p> <p><a href="http://edinburgh.cyclescape.org" rel="nofollow">http://edinburgh.cyclescape.org</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133417 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:58:54 +0000 chrisfl 133417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also worth giving a shout to cyclescape, which is from the same people as cyclestreets. </p> <p>Not quite what's descriobed here, but it's designed as a way to record cycling issue.</p> <p>For example:<br /> <a href="http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/851-sign-to-cycle-track-would-be-useful-here" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/851-sign-to-cycle-track-would-be-useful-here</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/795-sign-facing-the-wrong-way" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclescape.org/issues/795-sign-facing-the-wrong-way</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133357 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:20:56 +0000 crowriver 133357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've added a few things (and edited/revised some of my old items) on the <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=209737842711828293504.0004b23ebd5637d894842&amp;msa=0">existing collaborative Googol map</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133336 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:50:47 +0000 Cyclingmollie 133336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@algo, thanks for those links. CycleStreets has the routes and could, in theory, have the ZeeMaps conflict points added. That would depend on CycleStreets implementing the idea. As you say wingpig, zoomed out you would get an impression of the area. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133308 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:45:57 +0000 TractorFactory 133308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, great idea. +1 for GoogleMaps. They allow you to create collaborative maps with customized icons and layers that you can turn on and off. Of course it is all GoogleMapp'd as well so directions, GPS and stuff is all built in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133282 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:31:22 +0000 wingpig 133282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Definitely worth doing - probably Google-map-based so that untrained people can easily add lines-to-represent-routes-through-junctions with their comments. A high-level zoomed-out view would then show either lots of red or lots of green on particularly fraught/nice junctions/routes, so only people needing to definitely go through a particularly bad point would need to investigate at the individual-comment level.</p> <p>There's also the Arellcat/CCE <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=209737842711828293504.0004b23ebd5637d894842&amp;msa=0">good/bad infrastructure map</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133280 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:20:44 +0000 steveo 133280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think its a great idea, I'm just thinking how best to see it. A layer for an existing map would be pretty cool. If you were to use a routing software to work out your route then overlay this tricky junctions advice as an aid. Big orange/red icons at points where it could be tricky/dangerous, Haymarket, top of Morrison St, even proposed diversions from local experts.</p> <p>Either Google or OSM with the caveate I know nothing about this technology beyond having seen it done before... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133279 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:18:20 +0000 algo 133279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>not sure if it's possible to exploit this, but there was a thread started on a related note about possible conflict spots here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=501320&amp;x=-3.188267&amp;y=55.953252&amp;z=4&amp;add=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=501320&amp;x=-3.188267&amp;y=55.953252&amp;z=4&amp;add=1</a></p> <p>described in this thread:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9490" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9490</a></p> <p>I wondered if starting a new map on that site might be a place to start. Seems like a good idea to me... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11665#post-133278 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:11:36 +0000 Cyclingmollie 133278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Following on from the <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11648&amp;page=2#post-133271">rubbish driving and cycling</a> thread I wonder if this would be helpful - a site which offers local advice to beginners or experienced cyclists who are visiting an area for the first time. For example I could describe some useful cut-throughs and dangerous junctions here in Musselburgh. I would have welcomed similar advice a couple of weeks ago when I cycled down to Leith. Would a map be the right format? Or a link to CycleStreets? Or does this already exist?</p> <p>It also has to be a lot more interesting to work on than anything else I'm doing this week. </p>