[*BCM*] Dynamic Bikemap? (was List of dangerous streets)

[Bror Jonsson]

I'm glad you liked it! It's not exclusive though... My idea was that  
everything would be set around google maps. Just that the info you  
enter yourself (which you enter in the same way) is stored on a  
dedicated server so that we ca have the "Boston bikemap" website.  
Very much like www.mapmyrun.com

:-)B

On 6 apr 2007, at 10.05, Tripp Hyde wrote:

> I think that's a good idea.  However, the nice thing about Google Maps
> is that anyone with a PC and a mouse and can immediately create
> shareable content.  It's pretty intuitive.  All you need is a google
> account.
>
> On 4/6/07, Bror Jonsson <brorfred at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Sorry for this unfocused mail, hope you guys understand what I'm  
>> trying to
>> get to...
>>
>> I am a longtime lurker on the site but decided to get in on the  
>> discussion
>> about listing good / bad streets. II think it would be fantastic  
>> with a
>> dynamic bike map of Boston. Tripp Hyde has a good idea, but get it  
>> to work I
>> think it's needed to be a more combined effort with a dedicated  
>> server to
>> store the information. It is actually very easy to combine your own
>> geographical data with Google maps. A good example is
>> http://www.mapmyrun.com.
>>
>> The problems around such a project are not technical but rather  
>> how to build
>> a community that can maintain the information and have it up to  
>> date. I
>> think that should be possible though.
>>
>> My suggestions for such a project would be to start very small but  
>> with the
>> goal for something grand in the end. With the following information
>> available
>>
>> * Good bike routs.
>> * Bad roads / road sections
>> * Suggested bike trips.
>> * Dangerous permanent obstacles (pot holes, weird intersections,  
>> etc.)
>> * Dangerous temporary obstacles (Open manholes, Container on the  
>> road etc)
>> * Incidents and accidents.
>>
>> Imagine a site where people can find a safe way to get to work,  
>> suggestions
>> on where to go for a ride on Sunday, and E-mail notifications on  
>> obstacles
>> in the road. You can go there and report problems and accidents  
>> and Massbike
>> etc can at the end of the year go to the City with hard statistics  
>> on what
>> has happened to bikers, and where.
>>
>> The information can be produced in many different ways. Either via  
>> using
>> external web-interface, such as mapmyrun.com, via GPS, or if  
>> someone have
>> access to GIS software. It is also possible to build an own input  
>> system in
>> the long run.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> What do you guys think? Does it make any sense?
>>
>> :-)Bror
>>
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