CycleNetXChange provides a standard format with which to exchange cycle path data, together with information about the quality of routes; This enables computerised transport systems to provide cycle routes.
This UK National Cycle Path network schema (CycleNetXChange) defines an exchange format for an exchange of cycle path data together with information relevant to cycling about the quality of routes; . It is a component of the UK national transport information infrastructure and is based on a number of other UK and ISO standards.
The format allows cycle path data to be collected by different communities and exchanged to provide cycle Journey planners and other navigation products.
The CycleNetXChange schema is in draft and is intended to become a UK national de facto standard sponsored by the UK Department of Transport. CycleNet is based on the
Ordnance Survey
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of ...
DNF (
Digital National Framework) for referencing objects and the ITN (
Integrated Transport Network
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. The ...
) schema and can be used in conjunction with road and map data that conforms to the DNF.
The standard has been developed by
Transport Direct
The Transport Direct Programme was a division of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to develop standards, data and better information technology systems to support public transport. It developed and operates the Transport Direct Portal whi ...
to enable the delivery with
Cycling England
Cycling England was an independent body funded by the Department for Transport to promote cycling in England. It was founded in 2005 to replace the National Cycling Strategy Board. Following the 2010 Comprehensive Spending review it was earmar ...
of as the National Cycle Journey Planner element of the
Transport Direct Portal
The Transport Direct Portal was a distributed Internet-based multi-modal journey planner providing information for travel in England, Wales and Scotland. It was managed by Transport Direct, a division of the Department for Transport. It was la ...
.
Working party
The following people contributed to the development of the standard:
*Kevin Bossley: Wherefromhere
*Colin Henderson:
Ordnance Survey
The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of ...
*David Kirton: Camden Consultancy Services
*Peter Miller: ITO World
*Nick Knowles: Kizoom
*Simon Nuttall:
CycleStreets
CycleStreets is a not-for-profit United Kingdom organisation that provides a free-to-use national cycle journey planner for the United Kingdom. The planner uses OpenStreetMap data for routing, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission for height data and ...
*Richard Shaw:
WS Atkins
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*Jonathan Shewell Cooper:
Atos Origin
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*Shane Snow,
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport ...
See also
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NaPTAN
The National Public Transport Access Node (NaPTAN) database is a UK nationwide system for uniquely identifying all the points of access to public transport in the UK. The dataset is closely associated with the National Public Transport Gazette ...
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GovTalk GovTalk was a UK government initiative sponsored by the Cabinet Office, designed to encourage efficient government through the use of the Internet and other modern electronic technologies. It included guidelines and advice on best practices for the ...
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TransXChange
TransXChange is a UK national XML based data standard for the interchange of bus route and timetable information between bus operators, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, local authorities and passenger transport executives, and others i ...
References
External links
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Transport DirectCycle Journey Planner
Cycling in the United Kingdom
National Cycle Network
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