OpenStreetMap Forum

BoraBob

New Member

Registered: 2015-11-19

Posts: 2

Bike lane GPS tracking

Hi,

    I’m a mobile developer from eastern Europe and i’m trying to build an app that rewards bikers if they ride on the bikes lanes. I know how to generate a route for a biker but i have problem figuring out how to track if the person is on a bike lane or not. I think that open street map has this data but i don’t know how to get it. As you can see i’m pretty new to OSM
    Can you please point me in the right direction?

Thanks for your time.

escada

Moderator

Registered: 2011-08-13

Posts: 1,754

Re: Bike lane GPS tracking

I wonder whether current GPS devices and smartphones can give the precision required for this project. Those devices often have a precision above 3 meters, meaning that the cyclist could be riding on the main road instead of on the cycle lane/path next to it.

The best way to start using OpenStreetMap data (which has in many places separately drawn cycleways, but not always), is to start reading http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Develop

BoraBob

New Member

Registered: 2015-11-19

Posts: 2

Re: Bike lane GPS tracking

Thanks for the reply. I found the graphhopper route planer and it gives we what i need. Just hope my project is a hit. Thanks.