How does OpenStreetMap data work with Beeline?
Beeline routing uses OpenStreetMap data for determining whether a road is able to be ridden on or not. Think closed roads, road surfaces, types of vehicles allowed on certain roads, etc. All of that data talks to our routing mechanism to tell it which roads the Beeline app can and cannot route you on. It's a community-powered resource that helps us deliver fantastic journeys!
While this collaborative approach is usually spot-on, real-world road categorisations, of course, do not always remain the same. This takes maintenance of the data on OpenStreetMaps that we monitor and make changes to; however, it relies heavily on community involvement as well! That's where you can come in if you'd like 🙂
How to amend/contribute speed limits:
When it comes to speed limits, there are some ways you can help to add this data to keep these as accurate as can be. Here's how you can contribute any speed limit corrections you spot:
Find the road you want to contribute a speed limit towards on the OpenStreetMap website. In this example, we will be adding a speed limit for Watson Road.
Click edit. This will require you to create an OpenStreetMap account.
There can be an overwhelming amount of data on the screen. To hide irrelevant data, you can click the Map Data button and then choose map features to show and hide. The only relevant features for speed limits are “Traffic Roads”, so you can safely hide the other features.
Find the road you want to change the speed limit for and click it, it will now have a red border around it. In this example, we are changing the speed limit for Watson Road.
An “edit feature" panel will appear, where you can enter the speed limit for the road.
Some roads may be split into smaller parts, where fields might change between them. You will need to repeat the step above for each part of the road where the speed limit applies.
Click save in the top right corner.
Add a relevant changeset comment that describes what you have changed, select a relevant source of information, and click upload. Please bear in mind that you cannot use Google Street View or any other copyrighted data source for any information inserted into OpenStreetMap.
Your changes will be live instantly, and Beeline routing should take these into account when we next refresh our OpenStreetMap data.
Thank you for your contribution, we really appreciate it!
Please note:
If you are not comfortable making these changes on OpenStreetMaps, that is totally understandable. If this is the case, please send us details of the location of the error, and we'll have another look. Given the nature, you'll need to be quite specific, supplying the road name where the error occurred.
Speed limit indications are gathered from publicly available sources and may not always be 100% accurate. Please be aware of locally posted speed limits and do not exceed them if the Beeline is telling you differently.
Speed limit indications will not appear whilst riding GPX imported routes or rides ridden in Record Mode
There is currently no way to disable speed limits shown on the speedometer screen. We’re working on this capability, so it will come before long, but for the time being, enabling and disabling the feature will only affect the icon on the navigation screen
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