Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread colliar
Am 17.07.2014 22:01, schrieb Richard Fairhurst: > colliar wrote: >> 1. How are separate drawn cycleways next to roads handled ? > > It prefers cycleways to roads, so it'll usually route via the cycleways > (assuming they're properly connected). It makes a real difference if you have a cycletrack

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread sabas88
2014-07-17 22:02 GMT+02:00 Richard Fairhurst : > sabas88 wrote: > > it looks really nice! > > Thanks! :) > > > One quick note, it's possible to have routes (also) in metric units? > > Yep, definitely. I'm working on making it the default for Europe but, for > now, you can log in and set your user

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Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
sabas88 wrote: > it looks really nice! Thanks! :) > One quick note, it's possible to have routes (also) in metric units? Yep, definitely. I'm working on making it the default for Europe but, for now, you can log in and set your user profile to prefer kilometres. cheers Richard -- View this

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
colliar wrote: > 1. How are separate drawn cycleways next to roads handled ? It prefers cycleways to roads, so it'll usually route via the cycleways (assuming they're properly connected). > 2. Neither traffic_light/crossing nor shape turns are evaluated. There's a routing penalty for traffic lig

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread sabas88
2014-07-17 15:13 GMT+02:00 Richard Fairhurst : > Hi all, > > I'm really pleased to announce that http://cycle.travel/ now has > OSM-based cycle routing for Western Europe: France, the Netherlands, > Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Spain, > Portugal, the UK and

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Maarten Deen wrote: > So, can't I just ask shortest or quickest road? As you say, the > router has no idea about traffic levels. I mean, if a router can't > give me either shortest or quickest, then I always think I get > some random route that is not optimal in any aspect. Nope, it doesn't and

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread colliar
Am 17.07.2014 20:14, schrieb Maarten Deen: > On 2014-07-17 16:38, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> Maarten Deen wrote: Thanks for an online bicyle routing. >>> It's nice and fast! But it is not really apt in finding shortest or >>> quickest routes. +1 >>> I entered my daily commute (from 51.3207,5.9

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2014-07-17 16:38, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Maarten Deen wrote: It's nice and fast! But it is not really apt in finding shortest or quickest routes. I entered my daily commute (from 51.3207,5.9888 to 51.5428,5.9827, permalink does not work properly) and it comes with a (for me new) route of 18

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Maarten Deen wrote: > It's nice and fast! But it is not really apt in finding shortest or > quickest routes. > I entered my daily commute (from 51.3207,5.9888 to 51.5428,5.9827, > permalink does not work properly) and it comes with a (for me new) > route of 18.3 miles (=29.45 km) in 2:02. > If I

Re: [OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Maarten Deen
Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm really pleased to announce that http://cycle.travel/ now has > OSM-based cycle routing for Western Europe: France, the Netherlands, > Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, > Spain, Portugal, the UK and Ireland. > > You can tr

[OSM-talk] cycle.travel bike routing for Western Europe

2014-07-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Hi all, I'm really pleased to announce that http://cycle.travel/ now has OSM-based cycle routing for Western Europe: France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the UK and Ireland. You can try it here: http://cycle.travel