[GraphHopper] Incomplete routeing (@ Gates?)

[Peter]

this should be fixed in latest master and will deployed to GraphHopper
Maps in a few days.
https://github.com/graphhopper/graphhopper/issues/168#issuecomment-48483529

Peter.


> We want to make sure the routes are really possible and so we avoid
> routes with certain barriers.
>
> But indeed there seems to be some inconsistencies for bike and foot.
> E.g. for bike we disallow: kissing_gate, stile, turnstile
> and for foot we are more restrictive (gate and swing_gate) which we
> should rethink. Maybe you create an issue for this?
>
> Regards,
> Peter.
>
>
>> Using the GraphHopper.com/maps example implementation or an existing
>> Routeing application that uses the GraphHopper API I frequently come
>> across broken routes.
>>
>> This appears to (almost certainly, almost always), occur at gates ~
>> whether the routeing is walking, cycling or driving.
>> This should be a usable example of walking routeing, where there is a
>> valid path between start and end, but because of the gate it goes a
>> different route to the 'nearest point' on the far side of an
>> impassible barrier.
>> http://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=51.39383%2C-2.342652&point=51.393288%2C-2.343902&vehicle=foot&elevation=true
>>
>> While I can continue working with the RwGPS application with this
>> fault, as gates are fairly infrequent for cycle planning, and not
>> *very* common on footpaths, it does require some fiddle to make it
>> work (identify a failed routeing, switch map styles to show gates,
>> follow route to immediately before the gate, 'draw line' to connect
>> across the barrier, follow route from immediately after the gate...
>> ok for one or two, or if you are familiar enough to know where the
>> routeing will fail... not so much "fun" for longer routes on FP, in
>> novel terrain.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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