cycle streets issue

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david1701

Well-Known Member
Location
Bude, Cornwall
Hi all,

I've been fighting with cycle streets a lot, I want to use it to map my way to get places but it doesn't seem to prioritise cycle routes. If I go from Bude to Barnstaple I could go on cycle routes the whole way with about a third of the way off the road, but it takes me down scary roads instead, whichever option I choose. I've had the same issue planning routes into Conrwall too.

Anyone know a good work around?
 
Hi all,

I've been fighting with cycle streets a lot, I want to use it to map my way to get places but it doesn't seem to prioritise cycle routes. If I go from Bude to Barnstaple I could go on cycle routes the whole way with about a third of the way off the road, but it takes me down scary roads instead, whichever option I choose. I've had the same issue planning routes into Conrwall too.

Anyone know a good work around?

Cyclestreets encourage feedback because they can't know all the variables of a given route unless a 'local' tells them, so give them an email.
 

taxing

Well-Known Member
I emailed them once because they were recommending a horrible bridge over rail tracks, the kind you have to drag your bike up a load of steps. They sorted it pretty quickly and emailed me back saying this:

I've confirmed that the problem you highlighted lies in the map data. A
local mapper has resurveyed the bridge, then visited
http://www.openstreetmap.org/ (OSM) and updated the map in that area. This
means that the next time CycleStreets updates its map data it should get
the fix.

So I guess your favoured route just isn't recorded in the map yet, but if you report it they'll get on the case and add it.
 

marinyork

Resting in suspended Animation
Location
Logopolis
I emailed them once because they were recommending a horrible bridge over rail tracks, the kind you have to drag your bike up a load of steps. They sorted it pretty quickly and emailed me back saying this:



So I guess your favoured route just isn't recorded in the map yet, but if you report it they'll get on the case and add it.

That's often the case. The solution is to add data. A fair few nifty work around routes were generated on cycle streets after I had added the data into OSM. Getting better slowly.
 
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