Interesting ideas.
>> 1. There's often an "avoid tolls" or "this route has tolls," but never
>> anything hinting at how much it will cost. A $1 toll is a lot nicer than a
>> $30 one.
Great idea. Toll is dependent upon vehicle configuration (and
sometimes time of day). I don't recall OSM having that richness; if
they don't, can suggest it. I should check if they have a MAX
HEIGHT/VEHICLE TYPE restriction on STORROW DR and MERRIT PKWY. Router
has to have your vehicle height, axles, wheels, type to handle all
this.
>> 2. "Find on the way" would be an amazing thing. Imagine, you ask for a
>> ${DONUTSHOP} on the way from A to B, and it finds one that's minimally off
>> the planned route.
Indeed. And this is the sort of thing that's most useful real-time
not planning.
> My 3yr old garmin will find stuff near destination or along route. Not as
> easy as it should be though.
Oh ? Which one? I like Garmins ... eTrex, iii+, 76c previously; 76csx now.
> My car has something else and I can avoid whole roads which is nice.
Nice
> Sometime you don't want to go north on 93 on Friday. Rt 3 is less
> congested...
Rt 3 being less bad than anything is scary ...
I just let it recalculate when i reject its advice; sometimes
switching from Quickest Route to Shorter Path gets it on-board with a
short-cut quicker. (Having Avoid U-Turns turned off helps, but that
doesn't stop it suggesting three rights.) If it gets really irksome, i
set it in boat/air "Off Road" range-and-bearing navigation mode until
i really want turns suggested. :-) Picking an intermediate
waypoint as first destination or setting a Route with a few waypoints
(good for a re-usable shortcut/detour) can help.
I've been using OSM routable maps in my Garmin 76csx. Quality is
getting better but there are still disconnected butt-splices in the
interstate. (The source Census TIGER data set was not designed for
routing, so connectivity is not its strong point. Mostly fixed but
periodically it suggests i detour up an exit just to get back on to
route around a mesh defect.) Alas i can't fix them while driving ...
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