Andrew M. Bishop wrote:
lsces<les...@lsces.co.uk> writes:
>"Disclaimer: I wrote Routino, so I might be slightly biased."
>
>Andrew
>Added that to my list, but I find it a little cumbersome with respect to the
>other options. Having now got osrm working on my own server, the way that
>you can drag the route around is very nice. That said, my main 'problem'
>with the current routing engines is their novel way of identifying one's
>motion at a change of route such as at a roundabout. What prompted me to dig
>deeper was being in the wrong lane on the M25 because of these 'mistakes':(
>Oh and making this work well on a tablet/smartphone. Your website is a bit
>heavy for that target.
Your feedback is useful, even if slightly negative.
When you say cumbersome I guess that you a referring to the web
interface rather than the command line version? I have always
considered the web interface as a secondary part of Routino. It is
however a necessary feature for allowing the primary feature - the
routing software - to be displayed. Unfortunately when I wrote the
web interface the only choice was OpenLayers but it seems that most
maps these days are using Leaflet.
If you have any more feedback, particularly about the quality of the
routing instructions, I would be interested to hear it (off-list if
you prefer).
My problem Andrew is 'testing' routing instructions. Locus on the Android
machines has four options, and using them out on the road I'm starting to build
up a 'wish list' to get something that works SAFELY. If Routino was an option
then I could test that as well, but I'm limited to off-line testing via the web
interface.
The main problem I am finding even with OSRM is the fact that none of these are
usable when traveling down motorways and main trunk roads. I had thought OSRM
was doing a better job, but I've had a run through a route that I've never used
before, and 'straight' at every stage of moving from the M6 onto the M42 South
is a real problem when you should be using the inside and then outside lanes
through the intersection. FORTUNATELY I'm still running the tomtom which
correctly reports the lane to be using.
Next step on my part is to see if I can get Locus to select a private OSRM
server in place of the default one. I have my local server working and I can get
at some of the elements, but need to be able to use it live.
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