Re: [OSM-talk] Route calculation on tracks Was: Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM
On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 09:37:50AM +0100, SomeoneElse wrote: Florian Lohoff wrote: ANY road should be used for routing - track/service do have an implicit access=destination and should not used for through traffic but have no route restrictions otherwise That may be the case where you live but I wouldn't make that assumption worldwide. I certainly wouldn't assume that a track in England without any access or designation tags was publically accessible. Routers have a difficult job to do of balancing physical and legal restrictions - there isn't a one size fits all answer. It's more of a problem for OSM because commercial datasets for car satnavs tend not to include the wealth of paths and tracks in OSM in well-mapped areas. Still - a track may be usable to reach a destination. For routers they may appear at the end or the start of a route e.g. access=destination any may not be used for through traffic. Mapfactor Navigator for Android is capable of exactly doing this - why arent the others? Flo -- Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Route calculation on tracks Was: Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM
Florian Lohoff : Mapfactor Navigator for Android is capable of exactly doing this - why arent the others? This is something you probably have to ask them. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Route calculation on tracks Was: Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM
Florian Lohoff wrote: ANY road should be used for routing - track/service do have an implicit access=destination and should not used for through traffic but have no route restrictions otherwise That may be the case where you live but I wouldn't make that assumption worldwide. I certainly wouldn't assume that a track in England without any access or designation tags was publically accessible. Routers have a difficult job to do of balancing physical and legal restrictions - there isn't a one size fits all answer. It's more of a problem for OSM because commercial datasets for car satnavs tend not to include the wealth of paths and tracks in OSM in well-mapped areas. Cheers, Andy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
