Ideally, one would be able to set priorities for shortest distance vs. fewer hills vs. less traffic, and thus adjust the route suggestions to the individual's preferences. Perhaps, one could save several different "presets", and pick between them.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites >From :mailto:[email protected] Date :Sat Mar 05 14:14:33 America/Chicago 2011 On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:34:17 +0100 Jean-Marc Liotier <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve Bennett wrote: > > Anyway, just did a quick test ... > > I'm shocked. That's almost the exact route I took yesterday. > > Same test here and same result... The differences being the result of > a couple of mistakes in the map, which I'm going to correct very > soon. I'm pleased with MapQuest Open's bicycle default routing > algorithm. > > The relief avoidance weighting is rather extreme - it will make > rather large detours to get around molehills... > > > I tried it and it would send me down the main road and not the back roads I usually use. I know I cycle a few kms further but the diversion is preferable for safety. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
