Re: Datasets on UK transport ?

Ok, thanks!
I have to dig into it a bit. I didn't find ways and relations at first, but it's a big file...
I'll check better tomorrow!

best,
Andrea

Il giorno 19/gen/2011, alle ore 22.49, Sören Auer ha scritto:

> Am 19.01.2011 23:31, schrieb Andrea Splendiani:
>> I have been looking for some datasets on the UK transport infrastructure, and more precisely in a graph for roads/railways/ bus lines and perhaps even airlines.
>> I have checked a bit the transport endpoint of data.gov.uk, but found a lot of information on stations, including their position, but no information on their connectivity.
>> I've only found maps and pdfs so far...
>> 
>> Is anybody that can give some hint, or even a pointer to where to ask ?
> 
> This information is often available in OpenStreetMap:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Railway
> 
> An RDF representation of OSM is available at: http://linkedgeodata.org
> 
> However, due to the main focus of the OSM folks being the map 
> representation (and not the ontological representation) you might have 
> to postprocess the data in order to get what you want. I.e. I could 
> imagine a tram or rail line is composed of several /ways/ (OSM term for 
> a line connecting nodes/points) participating in a /relation/ (OSM term 
> for a combination of ways and/or nodes) - you might want to chose a 
> simpler representation for your purpose.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Sören

Andrea Splendiani
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
Centre for Mathematical and Computational Biology
+44(0)1582 763133 ext 2004
andrea.splendiani@bbsrc.ac.uk

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