This is a guest post from Carlton Reid, executive editor of BikeBiz.com and the editor of BikeHub.co.uk. He writes here about the great new facilities in the Bike Hub app, which uses our routing and OpenStreetMap POIs feed. The latest version of the Bike Hub cycle satnav app is 2.2; I’m currently testing 3.0, due […]
CycleStreets Android App Release 1.1
Jez Higgins is the lead developer of our Android app and has been working on lots of useful new features. He writes: The new update to the CycleStreets Android app was released to the Android Marketplace this week. If you already have the app installed, it should update itself automatically. If you don’t have it […]
Designer needed! – Cyclescape design brief
We are seeking a talented designer with strong user interface abilities to undertake design work for the new Cyclescape website. Timescales are tight. Cyclescape is to be a website (currently under construction) aimed at helping cycling groups around the UK. The work will involve the creation of an overall design concept, plus user interface templates […]
Merging tool for external data for OpenStreetMap
Back in July we wrote about our work to assist the DfT with the opening up of their cycling data, a dataset featured in the Telegraph this weekend. Over the summer, much progress has been made. Andy Allan, who is perhaps best known for his excellent OpenCycleMap project, has been working for us to create […]
What’s the Cyclescape of your city like?
We’re pleased to announce the name of our new cycle campaign group toolkit: Cyclescape We had over 70 suggestions (including some humorous ones), many of which were excellent ideas. It became clear that many of the best ideas started with Cycle, and we liked the idea that the name would be co-branded with CycleStreets, i.e. […]
Cycle campaign toolkit: introducing our developer team
Progress on our cycle campaigner toolkit is steaming (pedalling?) ahead! Coding work began on Monday, and will continue solidly for the next few months. The development of the toolkit has been possible thanks to our GeoVation award, which secured us £27,000 of funding. GeoVation is an Ordnance Survey initiative and forms part of the Ideas […]
New section: Points of interest, UK-wide, easily browsable
We're pleased to announce the launch of a major new section of our website: Points of interest that you can click on to view and select for your journey. Points of interest We've integrated OpenStreetMap location data so that you can now click on points on the map. Just go to our journey planner tab and you […]
CycleStreets mobile web site launches
Today, we’re very pleased to announce the beta mobile web version of CycleStreets – written by me, project-managed by Martin, and funded by Cycling Scotland. http://m.cyclestreets.net/ Built in jQuery Mobile and HTML5, this extends CycleStreets’ mobile support beyond our well-received Android and iPhone apps to cover other platforms, including iPad and BlackBerry. Just like the […]
Railway station codes in searches
We've added a mini-feature to our website and mobile apps that some regular train-using cyclists may find useful. You can now enter train station codes (e.g. KGX for King's Cross) in the search box, and the location of that station will be found. It just avoids lots more typing, and is useful if you use particular stations […]
Cyclestreets iPhone app updated with new features and fixes
A new release of our iPhone app is now out. Go to the app store updates page and update today, or download the app if you don't already have it (it's free!). Version 1.5.1 fixes various reported bugs (including the 'freezing map' bug that affected some installations). So what's new? Firstly, we've made various improvements to […]