Talk:Toronto

PATH mapping: looking for advice!

I've been commissioned to survey and map the (surprisingly large) PATH network for a proprietary routing application that will be using OSM data. The next week or two will see me mapping and remapping the PATH tunnels in OSM pretty intensely! I'm wondering if anyone here might have any input on the best way to map this. I started by creating what has become a rather large relation (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5441759) for all of the path segments. Then I started added building entrance nodes to the relation with "role"="entrance". Then it occurred to me that shops would probably do well to be added to the relation too if they're accessible from the PATH. I've only added a few shops, and I'm not sure I'll add more since it's out of the scope of this particular project, but it's something to think about. Here are some other thoughts in no particular order:

• Many of the PATH segments are tagged "name"="PATH". This seems less than ideal, since the name would seem to belong to the whole entity and not to any particular segment. Are there PATH segments with their own names? The only example I can think of just now is the Skywalk, but I expect I will find others.
• Almost every segment of the PATH is tagged 'highway='footway', but I could see a good argument being made for 'highway'='corridor' or 'highway'='pedestrian'. Is there any value in making such distinctions, or is it simply best to pick one and be consistent?
• Is access pretty consistent throughout the PATH? Could I remove redundant access tags from the PATH segments and add the necessary access to the relation? My thought is that then if there are any doors in particular that have more restricted access, the access tagging on those could be assumed to override that of the relation.
• Is it worth tagging doorways between buildings? Are these always open, or do they sometimes close to restrict access?

I'd appreciate any input y'all might have on this! Nate Wessel (talk) 20:30, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

Toronto Speed Limits

I emailed the City Vision Zero and Open Data teams in late September 2024 to ask if they would be able to release a geospatial version of their speed limit data. A representative from the City Vision Zero team responded that "Currently, the City has an ongoing effort of updating our current chapter 950 [Speed Limits on Public Highways By-Law] and to integrate the information from our text-based chapter 950 data into GIS. We are hoping to have this work completed in the near future so the product can be released for both internal and external uses." They also indicated that they are exploring options to publish more data used in the Vision Zero Dashboard page as Open Data datasets. --Tallcoleman (talk) 02:38, 16 February 2025 (UTC)