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The annoying thing is that I do actually enjoy staring at maps for hours on end, and thought I'd route-checked really thoroughly, but I still didn't spot half a dozen off-road sections that crept in.
Someone should write an openstreetmap thing to which you can upload a route and have it warn you about bits that are surface=unpaved or bicycle=no or roadisinshite=yes
Nick.Earthloop-
Someone should write an openstreetmap thing to which you can upload a route and have it warn you about bits that are surface=unpaved or bicycle=no or roadisinshite=yes
There is a system like that already: you just send the route to @hippy he goes and rides it, and gives you feedback via twitter!
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Cycle.travel and cyclestreets.net both do this to some extent. The trouble is that the data on the road surfaces needs to exist in some database. Generally works in well populated areas but in middle-of-nowhere Eastern Europe the data either doesn't exist or goes out of date as roads are resurfaced/left to decay.
frank9755
Colonel_of_Truth
The annoying thing is that I do actually enjoy staring at maps for hours on end, and thought I'd route-checked really thoroughly, but I still didn't spot half a dozen off-road sections that crept in.