Clinched Highway Mapping

[froggie]

Notepad works too...that's what I've been using.

[MikeTheActuary]

In an effort to misuse the software in as many ways as I can....I maintain mine in Excel. 

[treichard]

The .list file is just a plain text file, nothing fancy.  (Why use Excel when you could use Mathematica?)

Six more European highway systems are available tonight:

Bosnia and Herzegovina Motorways (Autoputevi)
A-1 is rather short and all alone right now, but in the coming years, B&H will have an extensive network of A1, A2, A3, and maybe more motorways.

Croatia Motorways (Autoceste)
Croatia has nearly completed its system of motorways A1-A9 and is moving onto some extra connections in the A-teens.

Poland Motorways (Autostrady)
Poland is building motorways like mad through 2012 as part of a promise. In return, they get to co-host the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship with Ukraine.  The plan is to be able to travel between the soccer venues at high speeds, so 100s of km of new motorways must be built fast.

Poland Expressways (Drogi Ekspresowe)
These S routes will one day create a modestly dense network of almost-motorways.  Right now, it's a scattering of short bypasses across the country. 

Slovenia Motorways (Avtoceste)
Like Croatia, Slovenia is finishing up its motorway system, here with 5 routes A1-A5.

Slovenia Expressways (Hitre Ceste)
Slovenia also built/is building a handful of expressways H1-H6 to complement its motorway network.

Highways in these systems can now be included in one's .list file and will appear in stats and maps on the CHM site.
http://cmap.m-plex.com/index.php

[rickmastfan67]

The .list file is just a plain text file, nothing fancy.

Just remember not to use any "tabs" in that file, or it will break that line.

[SSOWorld]

yeah, one [space] each will do, lets not waste the ammo </Captain Kirk>

[Chris]

I also started with the Clinched Highway Mapping, I love it.

So far I clinched 65% of the German Autobahn system. I hope to bring it close to 80% next year.

http://cmap.m-plex.com/stat/travsummary.php?u=chriszwolle&du=mi&sort=ra

Hope the mapping will include more countries soon. It's a cool feature. Thumbs up.

[rickmastfan67]

More countries are on the way.

[Bickendan]

And, of course, more states...

[OracleUsr]

Question:  When entering numbers for regions in which I have only passed through part of on an interstate, is it the milepost number or the exit number I use, when entering states that sequentially number?

[Bickendan]

Sequential-numbered routes (no matter the designation) will use their sequential exit numbering; mile or km based highways will use those exit numbers. So, if you've traveled portions of I-90 in say Ohio - Massachusetts, dovetailing the interstate throughout, you'd be entering both systems in your .list file, based on the state's preference.

US highways will always use crossroads, regardless if they have exit numbers on their freeway portions (unless multiplexed with an Interstate).

State route freeways are dependent whether they are numbered and if so, whether that sequence is based on the route's origin.
Example: California freeways will be numbered in the browser, as they're mile-based from their west/south origin.
OR 22's freeway portions aren't, as the western segment doesn't have exit numbers and the eastern resets at 1.

[treichard]

Question:  When entering numbers for regions in which I have only passed through part of on an interstate, is it the milepost number or the exit number I use, when entering states that sequentially number?

In all cases, use whatever the waypoint is called in the Highway Browser.

[Scott5114]

This is amazingly convenient. I'd been putting off updating my clinch file for US routes because of having to research all the random concurrent routes I've traveled along the way (esp in places I'm not too familiar with like Chicago).

It would be nice to have these automagically included in the clinch file, though, with a switch that allows you to turn off this behavior if desired.

[andytom]

This is amazingly convenient. I'd been putting off updating my clinch file for US routes because of having to research all the random concurrent routes I've traveled along the way (esp in places I'm not too familiar with like Chicago).

It would be nice to have these automagically included in the clinch file, though, with a switch that allows you to turn off this behavior if desired.

Although not automatic, there is a facility to find concurrencies that you have only accounted for part of in your .list file easily.  On your statistics page, click the 'Concurrent' link, in the top box next to the 'Log' and 'Travels file' links.  The list that comes up shows the segments that you will want to look into (the first column) based on segments in your .list file (the second column).  Note that each row is an individual segment from one label to the next label, not a group of segments to indicate a whole concurrency.  Also note that there are a few false positives (2 freeways that run parallel but on separate roadways, a hwy that runs on frontage roads of a freeway between 2 labels).

--Andy

[SSOWorld]

I think he already found it

[treichard]

Today we've hit the 300,000 mile mark (and the 500,000 km mark) in mapping clinched highways in North America and Europe.  Travelers can now highlight their travels on the following new highway systems:

North America:
- Ohio State Highways.  Data provided by Dave Filpus.

Europe:
- Bulgaria Motorways (Avtomagistrali). Data provided by me.
- Cyprus Motorways (Aftokinitodromi). Data provided by me.
- Luxembourg Motorways (Autobunnen). Data provided by Si Hollett.
- Portugal Motorways (Auto-estradas). Data provided by Christopher Steig.
- Romania Motorways (Autostrăzi). Data provided by me.

If you'd like to  have maps and stats showing your progress in clinching highways or whole highway systems, browse to
http://cmap.m-plex.com/index.php
to get started.

[Chris]

The Clinched Highway Mapping site seems to be down...

[rickmastfan67]

Nope.  It's still up.

[treichard]

Travels on four new sets of highways are ready to be mapped at the CHM site:

- Idaho State Highways. Data provided by Andrew Tompkins.
- Ontario King's Highways. Data provided by James Mast.
- Netherlands Motorways. Data provided by ChrisZwolle.
- Slovakia Expressways. Data provided by me.

http://cmap.m-plex.com/index.php

[treichard]

Three more highway systems can now be used to track and map highway travels:

- Minnesota State Highways. Data provided by Adam Froehlig.
- Greece Motorways (Aftokinitodromi): Data provided by me.
- Turkey Motorways (Otoyolları): Data provided by me.

We will be adding more European motorways, US state highways, and Canadian provincial highways in the future.

http://cmap.m-plex.com/index.php

[njroadhorse]

Have the traveller's stats been updated lately? I keep looking for mine but haven't seen it yet.

[treichard]

If a week passes and you don't see your stats appear or update, send it again (and remember to attach the .list file).

[treichard]

We've added three more highway systems to the Clinched Highway Mapping site.
Site: http://cmap.m-plex.com/index.php

- Connecticut State Highways: from Jason Proctor.
- Missouri State Highways: from Jeff Morrison.
- Pennsylvania State Highways: from me.

[Bickendan]

Tim, heads up: I just got a 'Can't connect to database' error.

Of course, this'll probably resolve itself by the time you see this...

[yakra]

Me too, the clinched forum tells me:

Unable to connect to database on 'localhost' with user 'bizhat_s2'
Please check your settings in multiforums.config.inc.php!

I need my fix, man!

[yakra]

It's back!

Edit: And down again.
And now... http://www.netfreehost.com/server_move.html