On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:21 PM, David Groom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Karran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "osm" <talk@openstreetmap.org> > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 3:29 PM > Subject: [OSM-talk] Connecting ferry routes to roads? > > > > > > I fixed up the Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry route so that it goes > > all the way into Douglas harbour in the Isle of Man again. While I was > > at it, I connected it up with the road network so that routing > > programmes could route traffic through it as well. Is this common > > practice, and is there a standard way of linking them in? I've just > > linked the route to a service road which is connected to the rest of > > the road network. > > That seems to make sense and is how I have been mapping vehicle ferry > routes. > > However I'm not quite sure what to do with ferry routes which are for foot > passengers and available for cyclists, but not for motorcars.. > Following the logic above I would connect the ferry route to the nearest > highway with a footway tag. Although this would allow routing for cyclists > and pedestrians this seems "wrong" to me. > > For instnace the high speed poassenger service from Southamption to East > Cowes > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.89469&lon=-1.40605&zoom=17&layers=B00FTF > I have not conncted to the highway down the pier, as it would produce short > stubs of footway rendered on the maps which really are just corridors > through buildings, but this means at the moment the ferry route is > unconnected to anything. I see nothing wrong with footways that go through buildings. If cars can do it then so can pedestrians: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_2W-5R6f4mDY/RodmdahXYTI/AAAAAAAAA-k/NxiOetEt7Uo/DSC00248.JPG > > > David > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dan > > > > -- > > Dan Karran > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.dankarran.com > > > > ___ > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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