You may want to add your comments/support to this issue: http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=214
- pamela On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:55 PM, warden [Andrew Leach - Maps API Guru] < [email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 11, 9:49 pm, Ken <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi - > > > > How can a road closure be indicated so that the driving directions > > route around it? > > There are a number of inaccuracies in the UK maps, one of which > (allowing a right turn at a no-right-turn junction) impacts on my use > of driving directions. What I do in that case is test for a GStep > which turns right at that location; if there is one, I add a waypoint > which forces the route to follow the road signs, and then recalculate > the route. Unfortunately adding a waypoint produces another marker, > which I haven't had the time to work on removing. A second slight > drawback is that a re-issue of map tiles can move the position of the > GStep slightly so the code needs changing to test for that new > position. > > While ashore is right that a general notification of road closures to > Google Maps wouldn't be A Good Thing, an {avoid:} option for the API > would be rather nice. In my case, I would still have to test for the > banned turn, but could avoid a point rather than add [and show, or > work to remove] a waypoint to travel through. > > You can see what I do at http://www.xpeastbourne.org/map/xpmap.htm -- > a suitable start address is Lewes Road, Eastbourne or Beamsley Road, > Eastbourne. > > Andrew > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
