1 Apr 2009

Birmingham gets NaPTANed

by | posted in: Participate | 0

Import of the NaPTAN data for Birmingham has been completed as a trial and we can now start the job of bus stop verification and adding all the bus route information which is not available in the NaPTAN dataset.

Here’s an example of the NaPTAN data merged with our own surveyed data:

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Edited at: Mon Mar 30 22:48:20 +0100 2009
Edited by: blackadder
Tags:
naptan:NaptanCode = nwmdgpgm
route_ref = 104;104A;105;110;112;115;118;902;904;905;915
naptan:CommonName = The Yenton
naptan:AtcoCode = 43000503702
naptan:AdministrativeAreaRef = 105
created_by = naptan2osm
asset_ref = 504956
naptan:PlusbusZoneRef = BHAMNWS
towards = Sutton Coldfield
highway = bus_stop
naptan:Indicator = Stop YF
naptan:Street = SUTTON RD
source = naptan_import
shelter = yes
local_ref = YF
30 Mar 2009

Birmingham & Solihull map now in print

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Today we received our batch of 50 limited edition prints of the new Mappa Mercia Birmingham and Solihull map built from the ground up by the OpenStreetMap community in the West Midlands. This is the first edition printed on A0 poster paper and then folded to create a traditional folded map. Coverage is the whole of Birmingham and Solihull right out to the Motorways.

Matt Amos at Cloudmade kindly created one large PDF from Mapnik. The level of detail is basically that seen on the OpenStreetMap zoom 14 Mapnik layer. However the printers needed it in CYKM and our PDF was RGB so we rasterised the map at 300dpi to create a compressed TIFF without loosing any resolution at the printed size.

The maps will be folded and numbered. Some will be given to the main contributors in Birmingham and the plan is that the rest will be sold to cover the cost of printing or in some cases used for promotional purposes.