State Of The Map is the annual conference of OpenStreetMap (OSM), whose fantastic data we make use of to provide cycle routing. We gave two presentations at State Of The Map 2013 which this year was held in Birmingham. It’s the annual gathering of people who collect street data as well as those who, like us, […]
The first update for CycleStreets on Windows Phone is out now! As well as fixing the usual bugs, version 1.1 adds some great new features. The new release brings along leisure routing, which is a great feature that can find a circular route around your current location that is of a distance or time of your […]
We’re pleased to announce a significant new version of the CycleStreets Android App (version 2.0). It brings a much requested feature – LiveRide sat-nav voice navigation. LiveRide provides Turn-by-turn voice instructions as you ride Automatic rerouting if you go off course Can run in the background with screen off Option to keep screen on and […]
Beds for Cyclists, the UK’s cycle friendly accommodation community, has teamed up with us to offer cyclists on the move cycle-friendly accommodation information on their mobiles. Cyclists can now find cycle-friendly hosts on the CycleStreets app and Bike Hub cycle journey planner apps. Beds for Cyclists is the UK’s cycle friendly accommodation community created by cyclists […]
Your hard-working CycleStreets creators are keen to attend Velo-city 2013, a key annual international cycling advocacy conference. This year, Velo-city are running “Cycling Visionaries Awards” which showcase cycling promotion projects from around the world, which people can vote for. We have entered this. The highest-voted 30 projects will win attendance at the conference. Please take […]
Prahou na kole (Prague by bike), a Czech webzine and bicycle advocacy portal introduces CycleStreets integration. What started 7 years ago as one-man’s attempt to show that utility cycling in Prague was indeed feasible by making an unofficial cycle map has grown into one of the best information sources on urban cycling in the country. […]
As part of ongoing efforts for the England Cycling Data project, we’ve been keen to get visualisations done, to show the extent of the data and to show where merging needs to be done. Shaun from ITOworld – who are experts in the collection, management, analysis and presentation of complex transport data – has been working […]
We’ve issued version 2 of our iPhone app! Get it free from the iTunes App Store. It adds several great new features, including the ability to see a range of route choices and switch between them easily. What’s new? Once a route is planned you can swap its type (fastest/quietest/balanced) directly You can now mark […]
The England Cycling Data project aims to incorporate open data on cycling infrastructure released by the UK’s Department for Transport into OpenStreetMap. We’ve started taking account of a greater range of information about cycle routes in OpenStreetMap (the project from which our routing is created). In particular, taking account of surface quality, barriers, traffic calming, and lighting […]
Which roads in London would you like to Go Dutch? Add your suggestions to London Cycling Campaign’s map submission system that we created for them recently: This is one of a number of customised views we have created of our Photomap, making it easy to request and collection locations of problematic areas around cities. If […]