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This web site offers a London-wide map showing many cyclists' favourite routes through London, together with the routes that form the 'official' London Cycle Network (LCN).
Click on any of the View links above to get a view of the map centred at one of several different points. In most of the views only some routes are displayed initially. The other routes can be brought in by clicking on their names in the routes menu displayed to the right of the map. Whichever view you choose, you will be able reach all of the map and view all the available routes and other information. Once you are familar with the map, you can make your own custom view, which you can bookmark, using the Capture map link.
You can view the bike stands and bike shops in an area as well as interruptions to cycle routes and specific dangers to be aware of. The map is based on Google Maps with Open Street Map (OSM) available as an alternative background. Both can be manipulated in the usual Google map ways - drag the map to view areas currently off the screen or zoom in and out for views at different scales. Satellite images are available too.
For more information on getting started and using the maps see the Help page (which is also available from each map). or the article about the system published in London Cyclist October 2007.
There is an option to open a map with a particular route highlighted. Here are highlights of a few of our contributed routes:
We are aiming to encourage cycling to school by asking school students and teachers to show us their routes which we will plot on a map for others to use. We have started this project at two schools with the help of teachers at the schools and Marina Littek from Sustrans.
Camden Cycling Campaign uses a version of the map that shows the current state of all the Council and other schemes on which it has been consulted which includes the LCN routes in Camden and comes up with an 'info window' with a brief explanation. For example: Consultation on Fitzroy Square improvements.
There is a potential for the LCC "cultural campaign" – so far we've only deployed the maps once in this way, for a site at Camden Lock.
The links below will take you to clickable lists of the routes that are available on the map. Click on a route to display it on the map. Of course the map is fully interactive so you can also view any route just by clicking on its name in the menu to the right of the map.
CCC started the mapping project and has done all of the programming, but its success depends on other cyclists contributing to it. Thanks to the participation of others we already have a good coverage of LCN routes in the six central London boroughs listed above.
The data used to generate the maps is now (since v2.4, released August 2007) fully extensible and editable by registered users. The version of the map at http://maps.camdencyclists.org.uk/editingplace/ incorporates these editing facilities and has a login box that is used to obtain editing access. You can apply for registration for adding and editing data in one or more of the four categories: Routes, Hazards, Shops, Stands. The procedure for getting registered and an explanation of the facilities for adding and editing data is fully described in the help page on contributing.
Although all the routes are in a single database, it is possible to construct many views of the map, each with a menu customised to the needs of a different group of users. User groups are encouraged to make customised views of the map to meet their users' needs. You can specify which folders of routes are shown initially and the scale and centring of the map when it opens. Any web site can include references to these customised instances of the map. To find out about customisation, follow the Customising link below. If you would like help on setting up such views for your own group, please use the contact details below.
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Report of a Meeting to Discuss the System and its Development |
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