Jerry - This is awesome.
Should we be logging some of these notes / bugs / to dos in a tasking tracker somewhere? A Google spreadsheet might be a start, or should we go straight to a software Dev tool of some sort (Pivotal?)? - jeff On Saturday, December 27, 2014, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > Following on from our conversation during last week's hangout, I've made a > first test of using some OHM data for routing. > > I decided to use Graphhopper as this means one can route with several > different transport modes with one model (faster engines, such as OSRM use > contraction hierarchies which means only a single set of weights is applied > to edges of the routing graph). > > After a fair bit of fiddling about with my java settings, I got > graphhopper to run its default data set (Berlin OSM data). After that it > was straightforward to replace the Berlin data with OHM data (my Buenos > Aires 1870) and re-build the routing model. > > Testing it in the default graphhopper web app enables routing fine > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/sk53_osm/15931690010/>. > > The current issues with this approach are: > > - Web app does not show OHM data > - I cant seem to click on the map for locations, and have to use > search. > - Search returns data from modern locations (hence the pin outside the > built-up area of the city). > - I only have car routing (may just be running graphhopper with > defaults) > - It needs 1870 style options & weighting. > > Anyone with a bit more knowledge of java might be able to sort out the > last point. It would certainly be nice to have a tweaked version of the > graphhopper web page for our own demo purposes. > > The key thing is that at least I've demonstrated that it works in practice > as well as in principle. > > I think it also highlights what Karl said: that historical-based search > will be important. > > Regards, > > Jerry > > > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347 OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch osm: Open Historical Map (OHM) <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> / @OpenHistMap f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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