[GraphHopper] Bearing at routing

[Peter]

Hi Emux,

as you already wrote to the ticket :) (#225) ... it is possible but not
implemented.

Regards,
Peter.

On 03.11.2014 18:46, Emux wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I would like to ask if it's possible to include the vehicle bearing
> (as taken from gps) at the routing calculations?
>
> Let me give an example of the problem which is important for mobile
> routing.
> Let's assume that we are with a car in a 2-way road facing right and
> we want to perform routing with 'start' our position and 'end' a point
> far behind (left) on the road.
> Now GH (as it is a 2-way road) indicates a straight path connecting
> the 2 points, i.e. in reality to turn around.
>
> That may be possible with bike or foot, but we're using a car, we
> cannot simply turn around.
> The logical path would seem to move forward till the next turn in
> order to be able to go back at your destination.
>
> So is it somehow possible to use also the car bearing at our calculations?

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