Status of Travel Mapping

[Mapmikey]

Has anybody talked to dfilpus about this lately?  I know he still reads the 'old' forums and the forums here, yet I haven't seen him post yet in here in this section about the project move.

I PM'ed him in CHM and asked if he was planning on maintaining his states on TM as well. His reply was essentially "I don't do GitHub" so it's unlikely he will continue without some additional prompting. There are at least two items in the usaoh set that need attention (OH 38/238 and OH 762) and who knows what with the others he maintained.

He also had the Virginia State Routes very far along, enough that he had me proofread and offer input on the waypoints he had for the complete set of routes.

If he is really not going to continue on I am willing to do Virginia (hopefully be able to transfer over work already completed but if I had to, do it from scratch) but I would be a newbie in every sense of the term for this project...

Mike

[oscar]

If he is really not going to continue on I am willing to do Virginia (hopefully be able to transfer over work already completed but if I had to, do it from scratch) but I would be a newbie in every sense of the term for this project...

There's also North Carolina, and other states currently unassigned (such as Maryland), you've been exploring lately and in some cases adding to your website. I encourage you to think big.

[Jim]

I think we can have people maintaining highway systems who are unable or unwilling to work with GitHub, but someone who does GitHub would need to be willing to accept CHM-style updates from them.

[rickmastfan67]

I think we can have people maintaining highway systems who are unable or unwilling to work with GitHub, but someone who does GitHub would need to be willing to accept CHM-style updates from them.

I could help out Dave with that if he wants to do it.  I've figured out the 'basic' copy/paste interface in the web browser for my stuff.  It wouldn't be too hard to just have him send me copies of the 'updated' routes that were never put onto the old site and I could then do the copy/paste for him to update them.  I'd just want him to at least write the update entries for me in the current standard.  Hopefully he reads this and posts here in this section about it.

[Jim]

A couple things that didn't get responses here.

What's the status of the front end, is anyone working on it?

Not that I'm aware of.

Are the list files also accessible on the server? Link?

Not on the server currently hosting the maps and logs.  But they're all there in GitHub, available for all to see:

https://github.com/TravelMapping/UserData/tree/master/list_files

Click on any of the files there and you get a page with that .list file.  I try to remember to commit and push up any .list files I receive by email each time I run an update.

[Jim]

Site update just completed with I-99 New York and a couple other NY fixes, some changes to the draft Alaska state highways from Oscar, and several .list files received in the last few days.

I'm not sure if I'll have time to run another update before the holiday weekend, but keep submitting pull requests with highway data updates and sending .list updates via email or pull requests.

[NWI_Irish96]

I don't know if when/if you're going to get to the point of adding new systems to the road, but I'd be very interested in seeing Indiana's state highways system added.  I don't have anything to offer in the way of programming skills, but I have pretty good knowledge of the system that I could share to whomever is doing the work.

[Jim]

I don't know if when/if you're going to get to the point of adding new systems to the road, but I'd be very interested in seeing Indiana's state highways system added.  I don't have anything to offer in the way of programming skills, but I have pretty good knowledge of the system that I could share to whomever is doing the work.

A draft of Indiana's state highways is in the highway data repository, but there are some steps we need to go through before it is ready to go.  I'm sure your help will be very valuable checking over what we have plotted as it undergoes review before becoming part of our active data.

[froggie]

I formally handed over VT to froggie a little while back, after my latest VT pull request was merged. I believe the only potential stumbling block to it going live is a (proposed? pending? completed?) reroute of VT100 back onto VT100His, with the bypass to be redesignated as VT100Trk. Froggie, what's your opinion on this?

Hasn't been signed yet.  I'll deal with it when it happens.  Otherwise, I believe you and I are in full agreement regarding Vermont.

If he is really not going to continue on I am willing to do Virginia (hopefully be able to transfer over work already completed but if I had to, do it from scratch) but I would be a newbie in every sense of the term for this project...

I can help Mike in this endeavor.  I'm sure Oscar would be willing as well.

[yakra]

Is there a labelsinuse.php equivalent for TravelMapping yet?

Also, I think it would be a good idea to have an index to all the current TravelMapping pages together in one place. Even a simple HTML file (here, maybe?) would suffice. Right now, if I want a URL, I either search my browser history or hunt around the forums here. It's a bit tough to keep track of what does/doesn't exist, and where it all is, ATM.

[oscar]

Is there a labelsinuse.php equivalent for TravelMapping yet?

There's a labelsinuse log, in the same directory as the stats/error logs generated off users' list files.

[vdeane]

Is there a labelsinuse.php equivalent for TravelMapping yet?

Also, I think it would be a good idea to have an index to all the current TravelMapping pages together in one place. Even a simple HTML file (here, maybe?) would suffice. Right now, if I want a URL, I either search my browser history or hunt around the forums here. It's a bit tough to keep track of what does/doesn't exist, and where it all is, ATM.

I keep all the various pages in bookmarks at home.  I also have a link to my NY map embedded in a comment on my website's about page.

[yakra]

There's a labelsinuse log, in the same directory as the stats/error logs generated off users' list files.

http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/logs/labelsinuse.log gets me a 404.

[Jim]

There's a labelsinuse log, in the same directory as the stats/error logs generated off users' list files.

http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/logs/labelsinuse.log gets me a 404.

http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/logs/pointsinuse.log

"Labels in use" makes more sense, though, so I should rename it some time

[Sub-Urbanite]

I was doing Utah and thought it was ready to go. We'd addressed all the peer review issues AFAIK.

Anyone want to do some double checks?

Nick - are you happy to maintain UT? I've been working on the assumption that you would. NV, ID and AZ are yours if you want them also.

I'll take NV and AZ. Reluctant to do ID because I think I've driven on one Idaho state highway in my life.

[Mapmikey]

I can help Mike in this endeavor.  I'm sure Oscar would be willing as well.

I appreciate the future tutelage.

I have no problem taking over maintenance of VA, NC and MD if no one else is on those.  Someone else offered to create SC and I am willing to proofread that if needed (a revamped SC Hwys page is on the way in the next couple months from me, so my knowledge has been resurrected).  If I am not creating SC I could probably maintain PA if that remains vacant.

Mike

[SD Mapman]

Hello everyone.  I was a user on CHM and I am glad to see this new project coming online!  I would like to volunteer to help get  the SC State highways included in this project.  I have looked at the data files in GitHub and have a general idea what is required to get things going.  Does anyone have some tips on how to best construct/maintain these files (i.e. use certain links in Openstreetmap, set points, copy/paste)?

We haven't yet developed all the tools needed for new team members to draft new route files and edit existing files. Most important is a waypoint editor similar to CHM's, which made route file creation and editing much easier. Also, a new instruction manual to help get new team members up to speed. CHM's manual still required a lot of mentoring and hand-holding for new team members, which we hope a new manual can reduce.

The waypoint editor is one of several things we need to do at the software "front end", in addition to catching up with updates to existing route systems (we're still busy with that process), to make Travel Mapping a fully-functional site, before we start adding new team members and having them develop new route systems.

So if I wanted to add a couple truck routes in SD, I should talk to someone?

[pnrrth]

I can help Mike in this endeavor.  I'm sure Oscar would be willing as well.

I appreciate the future tutelage.

I have no problem taking over maintenance of VA, NC and MD if no one else is on those.  Someone else offered to create SC and I am willing to proofread that if needed (a revamped SC Hwys page is on the way in the next couple months from me, so my knowledge has been resurrected).  If I am not creating SC I could probably maintain PA if that remains vacant.

Mike

Mike, I would be happy to help with the SC Highways.  Based on some responses to my original post offering to help with this endeavor, I looked into getting the Waypoint Editor to work on my home PC (one issue sited was that there wasn't good tooling available so I got the code for the wpteditor from github).  I was able to do so and played around with creating .wpt2 files for several state highways.  Before going too far with this, however I would like to ensure that I am following correct standards for naming waypoints (hidden waypoints, concurrencies, default direction that should be taken -- North to South or east to west, etc)

Tim

[oscar]

So if I wanted to add a couple truck routes in SD, I should talk to someone?

We added last month a US 85 Truck in Lead, and updated a few others in SD. http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/devel/updates.php We'll also be adding in the next few days US 16 and US 385 truck routes in Hill City.

If there are more, please flag them for us, either in this part of the forum or this forum's Central States board (I suggest both, especially if they're new routes of more general interest, not just old routes we've missed). You're also a registered user on the old CHM forum, which we still watch for new posts while it lasts, so you can mention them over there too.

[SD Mapman]

So if I wanted to add a couple truck routes in SD, I should talk to someone?

We added last month a US 85 Truck in Lead, and updated a few others in SD. http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/devel/updates.php We'll also be adding in the next few days US 16 and US 385 truck routes in Hill City.

If there are more, please flag them for us, either in this part of the forum or this forum's Central States board (I suggest both, especially if they're new routes of more general interest, not just old routes we've missed). You're also a registered user on the old CHM forum, which we still watch for new posts while it lasts, so you can mention them over there too.

OK, here's the CHM topic: http://clinched.s2.bizhat.com/clinched-ftopic2250.html They've been around for years.

[oscar]

OK, here's the CHM topic: http://clinched.s2.bizhat.com/clinched-ftopic2250.html They've been around for years.

Good, when we do the next update, we'll be current in SD.

[Jim]

Good to see lots of updates coming in through GitHub this week.  I might be able to run an update tonight but if not, I'll definitely make time tomorrow afternoon or evening.

[Jim]

Site update is complete, bringing in some highway data updates from during the past week.  Let me know if you see any trouble.  A few files I had to fix to run the update will be pushed back to the master on GitHub tonight.

[Highway63]

I have Wisconsin I-41 and related files ready to go but I have one question: Do I need to modify files for all the highways that intersect 41 between Green Bay and Milwaukee so that the waypoint is I-41 with US41 as a hidden name?

[rickmastfan67]

Do I need to modify files for all the highways that intersect 41 between Green Bay and Milwaukee so that the waypoint is I-41 with US41 as a hidden name?

That would be recommended, especially if they removed the US-41 at the on-ramps themselves and just have I-41 shields now.