In my experience, routers say "stay left" in such a circumstance.
News <n...@pointdee.co.uk> wrote: > On 02/05/13 00:40, Dave F. wrote: > > On 01/05/2013 18:26, Philip Barnes wrote: > >> > >> That is just one example, this problem does not only exist with > grade > >> separate roads. Take this example,http://osrm.at/36D > >> > >> To stay on the A511 no instruction to turn is given, therefore it > is > >> easy to continue straight ahead. > > > > The blue line shows it knows where to go. There's nothing wrong with > it > > calculating the directions, but, as kytomaa suggests, it's missing a > > written instruction. > > > > The OP's assertion that it's impossible to determine is a bit > dramatic. > > The orientation of the ways to each other & that a road reference > > appears to change is irrelevant - if users wants to go to > Haslingden, > > that's the road they should be on. Instructing them can't be that > hard: > > "Take next left junction to stay on the A56". or how about this: > > *http://tinyurl.com/br5c3fm* > > > > So "impossible to determine" might be a little strong but the problem > is > that routing software will not give the direction "Take next left > junction to stay on the A56" as it does not realise that there is a > turn > here That's what the through_route relation is attempting to remedy. > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for it is better to think wrongly than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
