CycleNetXChange provides a standard format with which to exchange cycle path data, together with information about the quality of routes; This enables computerised transport systems to provide cycle routes. This UK National Cycle Path network schema (CycleNetXChange) defines an exchange format for an exchange of cycle path data together with information relevant to cycling about the quality of routes; . It is a component of the UK national transport information infrastructure and is based on a number of other UK and ISO standards. The format allows cycle path data to be collected by different communities and exchanged to provide cycle Journey planners and other navigation products. The CycleNetXChange schema is in draft and is intended to become a UK national de facto standard sponsored by the UK Department of Transport. CycleNet is based on the

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DNF (

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) for referencing objects and the ITN (

Integrated Transport Network The Integrated Transport Network (ITN) is a dataset containing details of Great Britain's transport network. Produced by Ordnance Survey – the national mapping agency of Great Britain – it forms part of the OS MasterMap suite of products. ...

) schema and can be used in conjunction with road and map data that conforms to the DNF. The standard has been developed by

Transport Direct The Transport Direct Programme was a division of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to develop standards, data and better information technology systems to support public transport. It developed and operates the Transport Direct Portal wh ...

to enable the delivery with

Cycling England Cycling England was an independent body funded by the Department for Transport to promote cycling in England. It was founded in 2005 to replace the National Cycling Strategy Board. Following the 2010 Comprehensive Spending review it was earmark ...

of as the National Cycle Journey Planner element of the

Transport Direct Portal The Transport Direct Portal was a distributed Internet-based multi-modal journey planner providing information for travel in England, Wales and Scotland. It was managed by Transport Direct, a division of the Department for Transport. It was lau ...

Working party

The following people contributed to the development of the standard: *Kevin Bossley: Wherefromhere *Colin Henderson:

*David Kirton: Camden Consultancy Services *Peter Miller: ITO World *Nick Knowles: Kizoom *Simon Nuttall:

CycleStreets CycleStreets is a not-for-profit United Kingdom organisation that provides a free-to-use national cycle journey planner for the United Kingdom. The planner uses OpenStreetMap data for routing, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission for height data and ...

*Richard Shaw:

WS Atkins Atkins is a British multinational engineering, design, planning, architectural design, project management and consulting services company. It is a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin and is headquartered in London. The company was founded as WS Atkins & ...

*Jonathan Shewell Cooper:

Atos Origin Atos is a European multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company headquartered in Bezons, France and offices worldwide. It specialises in hi-tech transactional services, unified communications, cloud, big data and ...

*Shane Snow,

Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

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Transport DirectCycle Journey Planner
Cycling in the United Kingdom National Cycle Network {{Cartography-stub

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