WALK & the CITY Frequently Asked Questions
Why my city is missing?
Although several European cities already have available data in the Urban Atlas dataset, the openstreetmap data regarding public transport and the points of interest pertaining to local shopping are not enough in order to present a reliable walkability result. However, you are welcome to express your interest by contacting us in order to test our methodology in your area or to advice you about other concepts.
I think that the scores of walkability index in my area are not reliable enough. Why this happens?
Our method is based entirely on open-sourced and volunteered geographic information (VGI) datasets. Hence, the reliability of the results is chiefly situated in the accuracy and inclusiveness of this kind of volunteered data (e.g openstreetmaps.org). However, in the near future your community could contribute more in the openstreetmap society and we will be able to present better results.
Am I able to download and use the walkability scores data?
Of course, these data are open and the whole concept of our project encourages individuals to use them as they prefer. Moreover, keep in mind that you should indicate “Walk & the City” platform as the basic source of your data.
Why you are asking for the location of my home and job in the “Walk & the city” mobile app?
Owning to the fact that the uploaded crowed-sourced data should be available to anyone for further spatial analysis, we want to have with that information an idea of your basic activity background in the city you live in. Moreover, your personal information will be kept private.
I just uploaded a route with my evaluation results, am I able to edit my answers?
Yes, you can log in the website and change whatever you want in your submissions.
People in my city have already collected a great number of geotagged walkability photos and many assessed walking routes, how my city authorities are informed about these data?
We already have a group of partnering cities that have expressed their interest about “Walk & the City” crowd-sourced data. Hence, we periodically send to them a report when a specific number of photos and routes have been uploaded on the map. If you want your city to participate in our platform contact us and give us an official address of your municipality to inform them about our initiative.