Phil (ascentale)And our last question of the week:
Q8. It's weekly photo time. What did you see this week? Share a photo if you'd like. Cycling related or not is fine. Tell us about it!
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isolA8: a while back I went to a council event asking for feedback from cyclists.
One thing I suggested was putting some clear unique identifier on the furniture along the many km of shared pathways, in case of accidents, medical emergencies, etc.
If you were a tourist, asked your location, what would you say? "I'm on that 10km pathway beside the lake"? There are no nearest cross streets, no naming of shelters, drinking stations, or play equipment.
If they identified pathway furniture, you could say "I'm collapsed on bench #5", and they could know exactly where that's located, and the nearest access point for emergency vehicles.
The other day I noticed a couple of these, so maybe it's happening?
ajft [SEC=continvoucly morged]@isol @ascentale @bikenite around melbourne there's posts with a letter/number code, I think about 1km apart, eg on the (Main) Yarra Trail, "MYT003". Thankfully I've not had to use one, but I try to make a habit of noticing the ones I go past in case I need it
Matthew Newell@ajft @isol @ascentale @bikenite
England just doesn't have Wilderness anymore but I think every rail bridge of which we have a ridiculous number has a unique identifier . On canal and river trails one tends to pass under a lot of these
Yorkie 🚴@MatthewNewell @ajft @isol @ascentale @bikenite
Every railway bridge in the UK does have a unique identification number.
In the mid-1990s I supervised a British Rail team which was tasked with entering data into the Telephone Operators Directory System (TODS) for the Eastern Region of BR. Every bridge, tunnel, station, signal post and overhead electrification structure! 10 digit grid reference, access route and direct dial numbers for police, fire, ambulance and coastguard for each location!
@yorkie @ajft @isol @ascentale @bikenite
Thanks Yorkie - for confirming my vague idea, and for completing that Herculean Task!
@MatthewNewell @ajft @isol @ascentale @bikenite
No worries! I did very little of the actual data entry, just confirmed grid references, which county the structure was in (important to get the correct emergency services!) and borrowed maps for weekend cycle tours!! 😂🤣😂
@MatthewNewell @ajft @isol @ascentale @bikenite
Took a fair bit of time, but we got there in the end!
The grid reference was the hardest part, as we were cross referencing the engineers' line diagrams (in miles and chains!) with the 1:25,000 scale OS maps (in km and m!) to get the full grid reference (2 letters and 8 numbers).
The best part though was that we had access to all the Ordnance Survey maps for the East of England, which made planning cycle tours a lot easier (and cheaper!) 😁