On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net<alan_mintz%2b...@earthlink.net> > wrote:
> At 2010-04-25 03:44, Ben Laenen wrote: > >Tyler Gunn wrote: > > > ... > > > I'm thinking the solution would be to split the small way segment > between > > > the major roads so that the naming can carry across the major roadway. > > > >Just don't give a name to the small ways between the left and right > streets. > >It's not part of either road on both sides anyway. > > I can see this being awkward for routing: > > "Continue 5.0 miles east on Sunset Boulevard to Cross Street > , then continue 60 feet east on unnamed road to Cross Street > , then continue 2.5 miles east on Crystal Ave to destination." > > If you break it in the middle between the two sides of Cross Street (or at > either side), or if you bring them together at one intersection, the router > can combine the segments with the same name or won't have to, and you get: > > "Continue 5.0 miles east on Sunset Boulevard to Cross Street > , then continue 2.5 miles east on Crystal Ave to destination." > Then the router has to special case left turns, lest it get "Turn left onto Sunset Boulevard, continue 30 feet, then continue onto Crystal Ave". Any way you slice it, the router has to be smart enough to ignore really short segments like that. At least if the road is unnamed it is less ambiguous that it is safe to ignore the short segment. Of course, you could call the segment "Intersection of Cross Street, Sunset Boulevard, and Crystal Ave" or something... I guess that would be technically correct.
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