On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Anthony wrote: >> >> But in order to make a decent >> routing application, someone is going to have to maintain a database >> of certain laws in any states they wish for their routing application >> to work. > > It is certainly good to know what is allowed. > > But a good routing application should also consider (and I think this was > recently mentioned by someone else) the physically possible which might be > more or less than what's legal [...]
Absolutely. > And then both axes are not really "boolean". Between the physically possible > and the physically impossible may lie an area that requires more skill, > better vehicles or simply means a higher risk of accidents. Between the > allowed and the forbidden lie several steps of badness - how likely is it > that I am found out, and what fine or punishment am I in for if I am found > out? > > A good routing application will lay this wealth of information out before > you, so that you can decide whether you'd rather risk injury, penalty and > being re-born as a rat, but save time and fuel, or whether you prefer to pay > a little more for safety. > > Existing commercial routing applications take the easy way out by excluding > anything that is not legal. I hope we won't! Interesting. I don't know if I agree with that or not. I certainly don't want to be involved in a project which encourages people to break the law, since encouraging people to break the law is in itself against the law where I live. But beyond that, I don't know. If you can do it in a way that neutrally maps reality "surface=X, grade=X, etc." I guess I don't mind. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
