OpenStreetMap

Along with neatening up a few paths and roads this week I’ve also been scouring the southern and central parts of Milton Keynes to find pedestrian and cycle paths that have been omitted. Milton Keynes was a city designed around the motor car (it was probably the first British post-war new town to consider the two car family as the norm) and its impact as a replacement for many as mass transport and how to segregate the vehicles from pedestrians and cyclists. As a result the number of footpaths and cycleways across the urban environment is probably on the same scale as the road network. A lot of these have been captured but as another OSM contributor commented to me, it would be good to see OSM as a resource that is the first to truly reflect all the pathways available around MK.

Discussion

Comment from CycleStreets on 12 September 2012 at 20:30

Have you seen this? http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2012/09/03/england-cycling-data-project/

It would be great if you could help out with this project!

Comment from EdLoach on 12 September 2012 at 22:28

Your diary entry reminds me of my brief visit to MK. I was cycling one path alongside a river which might have been in Ouzel Valley Park when the second of the screws holding my GT-31 on the handlebars escaped due to the vibrations (I hadn’t noticed the first one go) and my GPS went bouncing off along the path. I still use it now (and have a replacement bicycle mount). After making the earlier mistake I remembered a tip the local pet shop gave me after I bought about 5 of those little screw together canisters for cat collars to put in contact and vet details - put a bit of nail varnish on the thread as it doesn’t come undone without a little bit of force. The GT-31 mount now has dark blue nail varnish across the screws (the cat has managed to lose the entire collar, but I suspect the cylinder is still intact).

Comment from MapperMondo on 13 September 2012 at 06:47

@CycleStreets - That is a fantastic project and more than happy to help out in the Milton Keynes area.

@EdLoach - yeah, the paths around the Park can be a bit variable! :-)

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