What routes car rental data is being released?
A digital geographical description of the off-road cycle path network that is used in the Transport Direct cycle journey planner. This includes details of many off-road cycle paths, as well as cycling-specific features present on the road network, such as cycle lanes and toucan crossings. The off-road data includes the geometry of the routes car rental, but the road data is referenced to the Ordnance Survey digital road network and doesn’t include road geometry. The data is free and will be made available under the Open Government Licence. The data will be refreshed every few months, taking account of feedback from users and local authorities.
How extensive is the geographical coverage?
The data covers local areas throughout England and includes the national and regional cycle routes in England and local cycle routes in most urban areas within England. It does not include all local cycle routes in rural areas.
What types of information is given about each cycle route?
The data describes the cycle route geometry and a variety of cycling features on cycle paths and roads. This varies by area, generally with a greater level of detail in the urban areas. Examples are: the type of surface (gravel, tarmac, etc); lighting; quiet or busy.
What will be the benefit to developers?
Developers may wish to add this cycle data to existing road networks to provide maps or routing tools that will benefit cyclists and encourage those who wish to cycle.
What will be the benefit to the public?
Developers are likely to introduce new applications that make it easier to plan a cycle route or find out about cycling as a travel option.
Are there any limitations to the material?
The data only covers England, not Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. It does not include the geometry and description of the road network, but is designed to complement the digital road network published by Ordnance Survey. The data is in xml format and is intended to be machine-readable not human-readable. The material was not collected to be published in GIS formats. However, we are publishing now what we already have and are working on getting GIS compatible files released as soon as possible. There is a separate file for each area and these overlap at the boundary, so de-duplication will be necessary to compile a regional or national database.
What car park data is being released?
Data describing around 20,000 publicly accessible car parks available for general use. This releases underlying data used in the Transport Direct journey planner. The data is free and is made available under the Open Government Licence. The Code-PointA Open data associated with some car parks is also free and made available under Ordnance Survey OpenDataA. The dataset will be refreshed monthly taking account of feedback from users and operators. Details for each car park are reviewed at least annually, although some major contributors submit material more frequently, and this will be reflected in the published data.
How extensive is the geographical coverage?
The data covers England, Wales and Scotland. Information is collected from a number of sources, including website reviews, direct contacts with operators and user feedback, and permission for their inclusion is sought from the operators. If an operator has requested details of its car park be omitted from Transport Direct, the data has not been included in the published file.
What types of information is given about each car park?
The extent of data about each car park varies, but generally includes the location co-ordinates of the car park and entrance/ exit, car park name, locality and operator. For many there will also be the number of spaces, whether part of an approved scheme and the web address of the operator/ owner.
What will be the benefit to developers?
Developers may wish to add this data to existing location or transport information to provide details of the nearest car park.
What will be the benefit to the public?
Developers are likely to introduce new applications that make it easier to plan a car journey or find out where to park a car.
Are there any limitations to the material?
The data does not cover Northern Ireland. There are likely to be car parks missing from the data, and feedback on these would be welcomed in order kayak rental cars that the dataset can be expanded. It does not include the geometry and description of the road network in the vicinity of the car park, but is designed to complement the digital road network published by Ordnance Survey. The data is in xml format and is intended to be machine-readable not human-readable.
