Sydney
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 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| Latitude : -33.8626, Longitude : 151.209 |
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Sydney is a city in New South Wales, Australia at latitude -33.8626, longitude 151.209.
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OpenStreetMapping in Sydney
Freeways/Motorways
What the Freeways are Called
| Official Name | Official Reference | Common/Other Names | OSM Name | OSM Reference | Street Sign Name (Black on White) | Description |
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| M2 Hills Motorway | MR2 | M2, M2 Motorway | M2 Hills Motorway | MR2 | Motorway | North Ryde to Windsor |
| M4 Western Motorway | MR4 | M4, Western Freeway, Western Motorway | M4 Western Motorway | MR4 | Motorway | Strathfield to Penrith |
| M5 South Western Motorway | MR5 | M5, M5 East, F5, Southwestern Motorway | M5 South Western Motorway | MR5 | M5 Motorway | Airport tunnel to Campbelltown |
| Westlink M7 | M7 | M7, Westlink | Westlink M7 | M7 | Motorway | Prestons to Baulkham Hills |
| Sydney-Newcastle Freeway | NH1 | F3, F3 Freeway | Sydney-Newcastle Freeway | NH1 | Freeway | Wahroonga to Newcastle |
| Southern Freeway | NR1 | F6, F6 Freeway, Princess Highway | Southern Freeway | NR1 | Freeway | Waterfall to Bulli Tops |
| Gore Hill Freeway | MR1 | NR11, Gore Hill Expressway | Gore Hill Freeway | MR1 | Artarmon to Warringah Freeway | |
| Warringah Freeway | MR1 | NR1, Warringah Expressway | Warringah Freeway | MR1 | Gore Hill Freeway to Harbour Bridge (Nth) | |
| Cahill Expressway | MR1 | NR1, Cahill Freeway | Cahill Expressway | MR1 | Harbour Bridge (Nth) to Eastern Distributor | |
| Eastern Distributor | MR1 | Eastern Distributor | MR1 | Cahill Expressway to Southern Cross Drive | ||
| Western Distributor | MR4 | Western Distributor | Harbour Bridge (Sth) to Victoria Road |
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.
Imagery
Bing Imagery
High resolution Bing imagery is available for all of the Sydney metropolitan area. Bing imagery tends to be well aligned in the Sydney metropolitan area, and more detailed than Yahoo. Bing is the default imagery layer in Potlatch 2 (the online editor). For more details see the Bing page.
As per the Bing conventions, use source=Bing when tracing Bing imagery.
NearMap Imagery
Very high resolution NearMap imagery is available for all of the Sydney metropolitan area. It's not all cloud free, but you can usually find a date for which it is. For more information on how to use Nearmap imagery in your favourite editor, see NearMap PhotoMaps. Currently, use of NearMap Imagery is not compatible with the new OpenStreetMap ODbL Contributor Terms. See the Nearmap page for details.
Yahoo Imagery
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.
I want to help. What should I do?
Most of Sydney has had the roads drawn in using the various imagery available. However, many streets need to be surveyed, both to confirm the imagery and to capture street names. The NoNames layer on the BigTinCan maps is a good way of checking what areas need naming. Just look for the bright red patches!
Currently (2010-06) good areas to survey are around Penrith, Blacktown and suburbs in between.
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 street names all over Sydney.
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.
NilbogAus has in the past loaded North of Sydney street names from old maps and is now working on adding GPX traces and lining up unsurveyed ways to GPX tracks.
AusRick is mapping in north west Sydney from Parramatta out to the Blue Mountains. Lots happening in the new housing estates around Bella Vista, Rouse Hill and Kellyville as well as the recently completed North West Bus Transitway.
Ebenezer is doing bits and pieces, including improving the cycle map for Sydney. Past work included mapping lots of streets from Yahoo, back when most of Sydney wasn't mapped.
