Friday 11 November 2005

Similar sites to Community Mapbuilder

  • http://www.favoriterun.com/ Enter a route into a Google Map. Can't edit existing maps.
  • http://www.openstreetmap.org/ Load tracks from a GPS and edit them in Java Applet. Contains a wiki like history. Quite advanced. Doesn't use Open GIS standards and doesn't seem to be interested in them.

Sunday 6 November 2005

Basemaps

http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/MapsAndPhotos/didgitalpg.htm for NSW.
http://www.multimap.com - A possible business partner too.
"Wim Brinkhof (E-mail)" Phone: 02 98956193
http://maps.nsw.gov.au/viewer.htm - Free cadastral basemaps of Australia. Tony Hope is the person responsible for WMS/WFS interface.
Lands contacts:
  • Tony Hope: WMS/WFS person. 6332-8464
  • Paul Fields: answered phone - sounded positive
  • Gary Tauton - contract manager. Mad keen cyclist. 6332-8270

Friday 4 November 2005

Bicycle Compatability Index

Paper from the US which defines a Bicycle Compatability Index (BCI) and attributes collect from road data.
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/research/pedbike/98095/