Almost-Satnav For Cycling

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @11:30AM from the putting-you-in-the-saddle-since-2010 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A couple of guys (us) in Cambridge have written a cycle routing system, CycleStreets.net, based on open data, and have now released it as a free iPhone app. It's been done on a shoestring, in spare time. There's an API and some disruptive tech in the form of a photo submission screen where street problems can be submitted directly. Because it's open data, you don't have to wait 6 months for the routing to be fixed if there's a bug. Android and .mobi versions are in the works, with the apps being done on GitHub."

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Re:Openfietskaart.nl by topham · 2010-09-28 11:55 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Same thing I was thinking.
Slashdot has really slipped these past few years.
Re:UK? WTF? by jimmydigital · 2010-09-28 13:55 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'm with you.. at first I thought I might be on the wrong site.. but really WTF? Like anyone in the UK cycles anyway.. if they did they wouldn't be so pasty white. Plus.. jeebus help them if they get in an accident... the NHS thinks of cycling as a way to thin the herd.

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