Sydney
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 Sydney, Australia |
| Latitude : -33.8626, Longitude : 151.209 |
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Sydney is a City in Australia at latitude -33.8626, longitude 151.209.
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Map of Sydney from OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap images (and underlying map data) are freely available under the OpenStreetMap License
OpenStreetMapping in Sydney
What the Freeways are Called
| Common Names | Other Map Names (LPI, Sydways, UBD etc) | Street Sign Name (Black on White) | Street Sign Reference | Description | OSM Name | OSM Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M5, M5 East, F5 | Southwestern Motorway, M5 | M5 Motorway | MR5 | Airport tunnel to Campbelltown | M5 Motorway | MR5 |
| M4 | M4, Western Freeway, Western Motorway | Motorway | MR4 | Strathfield to Penrith | M4 | MR4 |
| F3 | Sydney Newcastle Freeway | Freeway | NH1 | Wahroonga North | F3 | NH1 |
| F6 | Southern Freeway | Princes Hwy | NR1 | Waterfall to Bulli Tops | Princes Highway | NR1 |
| M2 | M2 Hills Motorway | Motorway | MR2 | North Ryde to M7 | M2 | MR2 |
| Westlink, M7 | M7 | Freeway | M7 | Prestons to Baulkham Hills | ?? | M7 |
| Gore Hill Freeway | ||||||
| Cahill Expressway | ||||||
| Eastern Distributor | ||||||
| Western Distributor |
Where do I get a drink?
There are over 500 licenced premises in the Sydney CBD. It seems clear that if every single one is labelled on the CBD map in the main layer, there you are not going to be able to see the streets for the pubs. Improvements in rendering technology will allow layers of mapping in the Sydney CBD, put until that happens, mapping pubs, bars etc in the Sydney CBD is probably one of the least helpful things that can be done to make the Sydney CBD map more useful. Layers, steps, paths, parks, street names and locations all need work.
What is a Motorway
The roads listed above are the Sydney Motorways/Freeways - even though some other short sections of road have freeway conditions for short periods. Draw those roads dual carriageway roads (Primary for main roads, Trunk for metroads).
Routes Numbers (ref) in Sydney and Alphanumeric Numbering
Within the Sydney metro area there are Metroads (MRx), State Highways (SHxx), and the M7.
The road numbering system will be replaced by an alphanumeric system within Sydney. Most road signs have these new alphanumeric numbers ready to go, and just need to be uncovered. Some of them have already been uncovered (M1, at Helensburg, A2 on Windsor Road, M4, M5 at Rhodes for example).
They will replace all Metroad and State Highway numbering within Sydney, but for now they are not used in Sydney street mapping.
Yahoo Imagery in Sydney
High resolution yahoo imagery is available for all of the Sydney metropolitan area, cloud free! This imagery can be extremely accurate in some areas (as accurate as GPS readings) and in other areas can be easily be off by 10 metres of so. It usually suffices to give good outlines for coastlines, rivers, parks etc. This can be made more accurate over time by surveying areas.
Best to indicate if the source of a way is yahoo_imagery, so it can be a candidate for surveying over time.
History
The OpenStreetMap map of Sydney was initiated during a visit in 2005 by Etienne, with major initial contributions 2005-2007 by Mike Collinson. There are ongoing contributions by Brian Yap to start filling out the western suburbs. MikeCollinson
People Currently Mapping Sydney
Franc is filling in detail in Marrickville and surrounds using gps logs, and also doing some work around Turramurra, Maroubra and Kograh
brendanpuck is in the Hornsby area and travels around a bit. Slowly plotting using GPS trails from the bike and the car.
johnc is in Lindfield and is slowly filling in detail around there from GPS tracks.
Brent Easton is in Berry, 2 hours south and is working on the approaches from Wollongong up into the Sydney region and along Metroad 9 up to Penrith, as well as filling in the rivers and water storages surrounding the city.
Ian is in Sutherland. Trying to name all the streets drawn by Franc on my way to work. Cycle and routes around the Shire. Other cross-city routes & miscellany. Really struggling with Eastern Distributor tunnels, and making the Northern CBD accurate and readable.
Darren is in Rhodes (active geocacher). Attempting to fill in fine detail for Sydney Olympic Park using tracks. Collecting tracks from hikes and driving trips in the country. Also mapping Penrith region using satellite images.
Markinsydney is mapping the Hills District using Potlatch and local knowledge.
ChrisJ is mapping the Balmain peninsula in detail by foot.
Paul Zagoridis is mapping Randwick, Kings Cross and Campbelltown.
Adrian is mapping the Chatswood West area using local knowledge. Will also start mapping parts of the Blue Mountains and climbing areas in Australia based on knowledge.
aburnett is mapping the around Gordon, Killara and Pymble using a Garmin Forerunner and SportTracks.
