Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-31 Thread Mark Williams
Shaun McDonald wrote: On 23 Mar 2009, at 19:14, Andrew M. Bishop wrote: a...@gedanken.demon.co.uk (Andrew M. Bishop) writes: I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two OSM highway nodes. I know

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew M. Bishop
Bob Hawkins bobhawk...@waitrose.com writes: Using the link http://www.gedanken.org.uk/mapping/router/router.html in IE 7, although the details to the left of the map frame are present, I see an empty area - no map. Should I be able to? Yes, the map should appear on the right in a frame

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-26 Thread Simon Ward
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 07:32:06PM +, Andrew M. Bishop wrote: Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org writes: I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two OSM highway nodes. I know that there are other

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew M. Bishop
Peter Childs pchi...@bcs.org writes: I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two OSM highway nodes. I know that there are other routing algorithms available but this started as an intellectual exercise so

[Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-25 Thread Bob Hawkins
Using the link http://www.gedanken.org.uk/mapping/router/router.html in IE 7, although the details to the left of the map frame are present, I see an empty area - no map. Should I be able to? ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-24 Thread Andrew M. Bishop
Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com writes: Would you consider the GPL licence? Name ideas: Tora- The Open Routing Algorithm? Aora- Andrew's.. What's it written in, maybe that could help with the namePyOra, for example? A name... Who is this project aimed at? You need to

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nice work :-) Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb- boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Andrew M. Bishop Sent: 22 March 2009 10:23 PM To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data I have been

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Peter Childs
@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data I have been a contributor to OpenStreetMap for a while now and recently decided to make use of some of the collected data rather than just adding to it. I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Andrew M. Bishop
Tim Waters (chippy) chippy2...@gmail.com writes: I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two OSM highway nodes. I know that there are other routing algorithms available but this started as an

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Chris Andrew
Andrew, Would you consider the GPL licence? Name ideas: Tora- The Open Routing Algorithm? Aora- Andrew's.. What's it written in, maybe that could help with the namePyOra, for example? Just a thought. Chris. 2009/3/23 Andrew M. Bishop a...@gedanken.demon.co.uk: Tim Waters (chippy)

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Simon Ward
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 07:02:17PM +, Andrew M. Bishop wrote: This is really neat. it's good to see a few excellent routers occuring because of OSM. I think your one is quite powerful for the ability to customise the weighting, nice! Also, any plans to release the source for the

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Simon Ward
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 07:31:46PM +, Chris Andrew wrote: Andrew, Would you consider the GPL licence? Name ideas: Tora- The Open Routing Algorithm? Already used for the Toolkit for Oracle[1]. [1]: http://tora.sourceforge.net/ Simon -- A complex system that works is invariably

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-23 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 23 Mar 2009, at 19:14, Andrew M. Bishop wrote: a...@gedanken.demon.co.uk (Andrew M. Bishop) writes: I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two OSM highway nodes. I know that there are other

[Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-22 Thread Andrew M. Bishop
I have been a contributor to OpenStreetMap for a while now and recently decided to make use of some of the collected data rather than just adding to it. I decided that what would be fun to implement is a routing algorithm that can find the best (shortest or quickest) route between any two OSM

Re: [Talk-GB] Route planner using UK OSM data

2009-03-22 Thread Tim Waters (chippy)
Hi Andrew, This is really neat. it's good to see a few excellent routers occuring because of OSM. I think your one is quite powerful for the ability to customise the weighting, nice! Also, any plans to release the source for the router available so we can play too? Tim 2009/3/22 Andrew M.