Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-23 Thread simon
So is there a way to 'teach' that better routes? Blairmore to Calgary was routed through Fort McLeod (257km)... when the faster/shorted route is via Highway 22 and 533 across to Nanton (217km). It might say something about my driving, but that would take a little over 2hrs rather than

[Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread Samuel Longiaru
Another big thanks here to those involved in setting this up! I do have a suggestion for the site. Perhaps it is already implemented elsewhere, in which case maybe all I need is to be reminded of its location so I can update my bookmarks. I think it would be great to have access to a routing

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote: Another big thanks here to those involved in setting this up! I do have a suggestion for the site. Perhaps it is already implemented elsewhere, in which case maybe all I need is to be reminded of its location so I can

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread simon
http://map.project-osrm.org/ For Canadian data and the rest of the world. Updates the data twice a day, as I understand it. So is there a way to 'teach' that better routes? Blairmore to Calgary was routed through Fort McLeod (257km)... when the faster/shorted route is via Highway 22 and

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread Richard Weait
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:51 PM, si...@mungewell.org wrote: http://map.project-osrm.org/ For Canadian data and the rest of the world. Updates the data twice a day, as I understand it. So is there a way to 'teach' that better routes? Blairmore to Calgary was routed through Fort

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread Samuel Longiaru
- Original Message - From: Richard Weait rich...@weait.com To: Simon Wood si...@mungewell.org Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap talk-ca@openstreetmap.org Sent: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:14:42 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca? On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:51 PM, si

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread James Ewen
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote: It seems to me that the OSRM routing could benefit greatly by a 0.6 penalty for unpaved roads as had been suggested a few time before, but they don't seem to want to go that way. Why incur a penalty just because the

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread Samuel Longiaru
- James Ewen ve6...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote: It seems to me that the OSRM routing could benefit greatly by a 0.6 penalty for unpaved roads as had been suggested a few time before, but they don't seem to want to go

Re: [Talk-ca] Routing tool for openstreetmap.ca?

2013-04-22 Thread James Ewen
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Samuel Longiaru longi...@shaw.ca wrote: If your GPS had that, then maybe you wouldn't be fighting with it so much. :) Or if the database contained road surface information, proper speed limit data, and other valuable information, then the routing engine would