Re: [Atl Bike Geeks] Digest for atlanta-bike-geeks@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

[Rebecca Serna]

It would be great to (someday) develop a GIS data-based bicycle suitability map for the whole city. Our current downtown/midtown map (and the emory and perimeter maps) are based on volunteer collected data assessing bikeablity. I still have the old survey forms if anyone is interested. Unfortunately it's not a GIS.

RC

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:41 AM, <atlanta-bike-...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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• Improving Google Bicycle Map / Suitability Maps on Google Maps [1 Update]

 Topic: Improving Google Bicycle Map / Suitability Maps on Google Maps

Adam West <adam...@gmail.com> Jun 06 08:42AM -0700 ^

 
Google is listening!
 
Their bike map no longer has major problem roads designated as very
safe for riding, including Ponce De Leon, Moreland Ave, North Ave and
Boulevard. I for one have reported a few of these. This gives us all
the more reason to contact them in a more formal manner. Of course we
do need to be prepared to cite certain roads, but I don't think that
will be a problem. I'll start looking at roads on the map that I
think shouldn't be "green" routes. I'll look to the bike suitability
map methods to do this in an informal manner on my own. We can then
bring our thoughts to the community (here or elsewhere) to get
consensus.
 
As far as creating our own data independent of Google, I'm all for it
and will be thinking about the roads I ride on my way to work.
 
Thoughts?
 
On Apr 17, 10:49 pm, "Jett Marks \(Home\)" <jettma...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:


 

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[Adam West]

I'd be happy to help out with a GIS in some capacity. I minored in
GIS and had some good experience with ArcGIS, although that was a
couple of years ago. Some of the bike geeks have experience in it
right? I'd be happy to help.

-Adam

On Jun 10, 7:48 pm, Rebecca Serna <rcse...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It would be great to (someday) develop a GIS data-based bicycle suitability
> map for the whole city. Our current downtown/midtown map (and the emory and
> perimeter maps) are based on volunteer collected data assessing bikeablity.
> I still have the old survey forms if anyone is interested. Unfortunately
> it's not a GIS.
>
> RC
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:41 AM, <
> atlanta-bike-...@googlegroups.com<atlanta-bike-geeks%2Bnoreply@go oglegroups.com>> wrote:
> >   Today's Topic Summary
>
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/atlanta-bike-geeks/topics
>

> >    - Improving Google Bicycle Map / Suitability Maps on Google Maps<#12910b65f366aad9_group_thread_0>[1 Update]
>
> >   Topic: Improving Google Bicycle Map / Suitability Maps on Google Maps<http://groups.google.com/group/atlanta-bike-geeks/t/4bc8c5b400537c3f>
>
> >    Adam West <adammw...@gmail.com> Jun 06 08:42AM -0700 ^<#12910b65f366aad9_digest_top>

>
> >    Google is listening!
>
> >    Their bike map no longer has major problem roads designated as very
> >    safe for riding, including Ponce De Leon, Moreland Ave, North Ave and
> >    Boulevard. I for one have reported a few of these. This gives us all
> >    the more reason to contact them in a more formal manner. Of course we
> >    do need to be prepared to cite certain roads, but I don't think that
> >    will be a problem. I'll start looking at roads on the map that I
> >    think shouldn't be "green" routes. I'll look to the bike suitability
> >    map methods to do this in an informal manner on my own. We can then
> >    bring our thoughts to the community (here or elsewhere) to get
> >    consensus.
>
> >    As far as creating our own data independent of Google, I'm all for it
> >    and will be thinking about the roads I ride on my way to work.
>
> >    Thoughts?
>
> >    On Apr 17, 10:49 pm, "Jett Marks \(Home\)" <jettma...@bellsouth.net>
> >    wrote:
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