OpenCycleMap
| OpenCycleMap or Cycle Map 
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| Author | Andy Allan |
| Tiles License | CC-BY-SA 2.0 [1] [2] using True Marble imagery (CC BY 3.0 US) |
| Tiles Website | www.opencyclemap.org |
| Style License | not available |
| Style Website | not available |
OpenCycleMap is a OpenStreetMap rendering layer like mapnik, but primarily aimed at showing information useful to cyclists. The website www.opencyclemap.org provided by Andy Allan is little more than a way of viewing the map, but the tiles are used in a number of other websites and applications. The layer can also be seen on the main OSM page by selecting the "cycle map" layer.
The map rendering is still being improved, the data are updated every few days. It shows National Cycle Network cycle routes, other regional and local routes, and other cycling-specific features, such as:
- dedicated cycle tracks and lanes
- bicycle parking
- contours and hill colouring
- bike shops
- proposed bike routes (or numbering protocols), contrasted with the Lonvia map, below, which does not show proposed routes, but actual routes only
Contents
Key to the Map
TBD: a table with tag / screenshot See http://www.opencyclemap.org/docs/
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  National Cycle Route |
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  Regional Cycle Route |
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  Local Cycle Network |
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Update cycle
Since August 2010 the database is updated using diff updates, every few hours (currently every 24 hours). While the database could easily be updated more frequently than that (it has run hourly, in the past), there is always a huge backlog of tiles that need refreshing. Refreshing the tiles takes a few days. The system is self-correcting in that the more popular the tile, the sooner it gets refreshed. But lower zoom levels (5 to 9) may be kept frozen for longer periods.
Contact info / Reporting problems
Bugs and requests are tracked publicly using the openstreetmap trac system. A list of bugs filed under the opencyclemap component is available at http://trac.openstreetmap.org/query?component=opencyclemap
When reporting, please verify that it's really a rendering issue first: use the data layer and compare with other background layers.
For general questions or anything else please email Andy Allan using the address on http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/andy/ in the first instance.
Presentation
Andy spoke at State Of The Map 2008 regarding the cycle map, and a video and slides are available from that page.
See also
- Key:cycleway
- Bicycle
- Mountainbike
- WikiProject United Kingdom National Cycle Network
- Slippy map tilenames
External links
- http://www.opencyclemap.org
- http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/cycle-info/
- http://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/shine/cycle-map-help
- Lonvia's Cycling Map by Sarah Hoffman is an overlay which shows marked cycle routes around the world. Updated daily, it renders actual routes without the state=proposed tag. Therefore no proposed routes (or numbering protocols) are displayed.
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