<div dir="ltr">The inherent problem with ferry routes is that they have a schedule. Routers can't then tell their users how long it is going to take without that data. <br><span style="text-align:right"><br>As far as I know we don't have schedule capability within OSM and it is something that the routers have not pulled not even the big G. The big G is listing the route as being "</span><span style="text-align:right;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:29px">Mon-Sun: 7 AM–11:30 PM · every 60 min" This is a safe comment even though the schedules change </span><span style="text-align:right;font-size:12px;line-height:29px"><font color="#666666" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">seasonally</font></span><span style="text-align:right;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:29px">. </span><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Nathan P<br></div><div>email: <a href="mailto:natfoot@gmail.com" target="_blank">natfoot@gmail.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Clifford Snow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Natfoot <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:natfoot@gmail.com" target="_blank">natfoot@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">When talking to the Scout team this summer it was mentioned as an issue. Also Scout wont route across access roads and if there is an access road leading up to the dock/portal then no route. you will notice that it is listed as primary road in Edmonds and Kingston. </blockquote></div><br></span>It would appear that the router should use a ferry route. However, a check of both osrm and mapquest would indicate otherwise. The problem is I don't know if that is a routing engine problem, i.e. it won't use a ferry route, or a tagging problem.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The tests were done using <a href="http://jsrouting.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/" target="_blank">http://jsrouting.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/</a></div><span class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Clifford<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div>
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