On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Nic Roets <nro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Robin Paulson >> <robin.paul...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> i walk a lot, and would like a routing engine which understands i can >>> take a direct route across an open public space, such as a park, >>> without needing a footpath to be explicitly drawn in. the existing >>> routing engines don't seem to understand this. >>> >>> or am i missing a tag? do i need to tag parks, etc. with "area=yes" >>> "foot=yes", "access=yes" or would that be a case of "tagging for the >>> routing engine" >>> >>> >> Firstly note that routing across areas is (theoretically) much harder than >> routing along ways (Non-polynomial time VS polynomial time). >> >> Secondly note that the problem is not restricted to pedestrian routing, >> e.g. parking areas. There have been cases where people mapped the road >> surface as areas, although they would then also have ways running down the >> centerline. >> >> Supporting areas is on my list of things that I would like to do, but >> there are many other things in front of it. I recently added dragable routes >> to the Osm.org Routing Demo. I improved the endpoints. Negotiated for a >> better server. Routing instructions and translations. And for Christmas I >> want a mobile application for large scale collection of house numbers. >> >> >> I definitely second your call for a mobile app to easily collect house > numbers. A single-purpose app could be very simple. Would you want to have > something graphical (user pinpoints address on map on-screen) or something > even simpler (user enters housenumber, selects street based on location or > accepts best match, address node is sent to OSM). In the latter case, which > is what I would prefer, how would you deal with GPS inaccuracy? > > Non-graphical. The streetname is not added to the address PoI. Nominatim is smart enough to take the closest street. If I travel down a street it, I want to be able to tell it that house 23 is on my left using just 3 or 4 keystrokes / taps. http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1385/what-is-the-best-mobile-application-for-large-scale-house-number-collection > Martijn van Exel +++ m...@rtijn.org > laziness – impatience – hubris > http://schaaltreinen.nl | http://martijnvanexel.nl | > http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ > twitter / skype: mvexel > flickr: rhodes > > >
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