[Closed] Weird UK mapping question

you could probably hack it out of openstreetmap.

http://planet.openstreetmap.org/

http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/british-isles.html

and this is quite useful

http://overpass-turbo.eu/

What's the application? As I know how to do this our end and could possibly put up a site that would work

eeek. too scary codey for me Im afraid. I need something with a text box and a big red button saying "Do It HAL"

But thanks anyway 🙂

DB - idle curiosity really. As I was wondering how to get from Malvernistan to The People's Republic of Yorkshire without going on a Motorway and since Id be doing it on the motorbike without a GPS, for simplicity of navigation whether I could follow a road for most of the way.

I noticed the A449 got as far as Stafford then disappeared. I was wondering if there was something I could type a road number into and have it highlight on a UK road atlas layout to see if I could find the lowest number of road numbers needed to get from A to B.

Can't you do it in excel?

A quick google of Malvern to York says A46 to Leicester, a bit of A1, then A614, to Goole and A19 to York. Admittedly it may be more complicated than that, I just ticked the avoid motorways box.

Someone's managed to do it for the A40 Wiki page.

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http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/5lN

try that, change the ref variable to any major road you want.

Admittedly it may be more complicated than that

it is rather as Im planning Worcester to Hebden Bridge which is actually in Lancashire. Isnt it?

i'd just use google maps or similar and check the "avoid motorways" box.

unless the destination is unknown, and you want to go to somewhere interesting at the other end of such and such road.

some are very long (A38?)

some might even have gaps or whole sections missing (certainly is true on mainland europe)

Can't you do it in excel?

*chuckles

QGis and OSM as a WFS could do it, but I suspect that's a bit too involved.

Edit: and FFS make sure your jabs are up to date.
Add me to speed dial if you need a hand with the translation

brilliant, jambo, thanks. I was trying to do similar but I couldnt find a list of objects or syntax.

EDIT its odd how short some roads are, the A34 is tiny

...or just cheat and get directions from Fishguard to Oxford 8)

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http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway:International_equivalence

tells you what different countries highways are classed as in OSM, then just build a query with the wizard.

map nerds unite...

You probably already know this, but you can turn off motorways on google maps.

tell you what, the roads are a right mess north of Stoke, arent they!

Just discovered that if you type "traffic" into the google maps search box, you can get traffic predictions for a given day and hour - very handy for planning journeys.

Way, way back, long before electrickery was invented - so before the 90s

We used to write out a crib sheet and simply tape it to the tank, screen or in the top of a tank bag.
It worked very well indeed and I sometimes still do it that way, in fact for long trips, I still do it as a sanity check on the electronics.

jota - that was the original plan. from the google maps directions.

if you go to print (using the icon) from the google maps page, the print dialogue gives you the option of expanding individual turns from just text to maps or even streetview. Its pretty handy.

The problem with following just the road numbers is they often disappear on the ground, never mind in print.

IME you need to keep it very simple on a bike
For your trip, my sheet would have very little on it

A449
> Worcester
> Kidderminster
> Wolverhampton
> Stafford

A34
> Stone

A520
> Leek

A53
> Buxton

etc. etc

I just try to guess what town the road signs will show as a direction and follow the next one as soon as I see it.

this is where we need google glasses with voice control 🙂
Your very own HUD.

Funnily enough I got as far as Buxton on a similar list and then gave up the will to continue. At least Im starting to get a vague idea where some of these mystical and frankly "Lord of the Rings" sounding places are. Like "Mytholmroyd". Sounds like an anal affliction.

this is where we need google glasses with voice control
Your very own HUD

I was invited to try that very thing over the summer - hated it, too distracting.

Tomtom Rider V5 with a Scala headset works well as a more conventional GPS

As I was wondering how to get from Malvernistan to The People's Republic of Yorkshire without going on a Motorway and since Id be doing it on the motorbike without a GPS

As a budget solution for now, if you've got one of them smartphone thingamys, if you download/install google maps and navigation, plug in a set of ear bud headphones, wazz 'em in your ears, tell it where to go, bung on your lid, and off you pop.

I got from deepest, darkest Derbyshire to Jura on L plates, on my 'ickle 125 many years ago via this method....

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EDIT its odd how short some roads are, the A34 is tiny

Didn't the A34 get renumbered when they put the M40 in to try and stop people using it (A3400 for part of it near Solihull I think)

Similar thing happened to the A74 when the A74(M) went it. The B7078 is surprisingly high quality for a borders B road - though not as well maintained as it was.

It did but then restarts again at jcn 9 of the M40 and carries on all the way to nearly Southampton

J9 of the M40 must be pretty close to Southampton anyway 😉