just an idea...
say you have a location, like a business or an event. You want to
publish a printable map which tells people how to get there.
Sure you could print an entire map of the area. But most of those
roads would never be used by people visiting you - they don't go in
right direction and confuse the map.
So, idea:
Given a location x:
For every point that's 30 miles away from that location:
Route from that point to x
If you recorded all those best routes from each direction, you now
have a map showing the routes that are actually important to get to
you.
So now create a map showing *only* roads/paths that apppeared as the
best way of getting to you. Include a few side-roads and
roundabout-exits to give context. Then print/publish that as the
official way of getting to your location.
Publish that, and anyone coming from anywhere will have an uncluttered
map showing the easiest and fastest way to reach your business or
event.
Anyway, just an idea.. Do feel free to ping if you get nice results.
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