2. We’re safe and sound
Imagine: you look forward to meeting your new classmates soon. But you want to meet them safe and sound...
The second out of Three Stories About A Child
Remember, you are a six years old, living in the life-threatening environment of a nowadays city – traffic can be deadly, it’s said (at least according to your caring mom). So let’s quickly check if there is some open data available on how safe your way to school is. And hey, what a surprise, it is! The cantonal Geoportal BS provides you with a dataset called “Schulwegsicherheit”... (read more about the second out of three stories about a child in the Blogpost)
MapBS is where you find anything spatial for the canton Basel-Stadt - including data on:
- Pathways for pedestrians
- Safety of street crossings (Schulwegsicherheit)
- School locations
- take the pathways as routes (needs some optimization / snapping)
- add the crossings as resistances
- use a routing machine (e.g. www.graphhopper.com) to find the safest way to school
A tutorial on routing machines: www.liedman.net/leaflet-routing-machine/tutorials/alternative-routers/
Where to find
Woman & Man:
- Main access: www.geo.bs.ch
- Maps: map.geo.bs.ch
- GeoCat (incl. XML): www.geo.bs.ch/geodaten/geodaten-katalog.html
Machine:
- Possibilities and hints: www.geo.bs.ch/geodaten/geodienste.html
WFS-Server: https://wfs.geo.bs.ch/?SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=2.0.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
GEOJSON-Format (new for TWIST):
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