[OSRM-talk] supplying parameters to osrm-frontend

[Schieferdecker, Dennis (ITI)]

Am 09.12.2014 um 15:43 schrieb Richard Welty:
> i'm trying to work out the parameters for the front end.
> loc= and dest= worked easily enough. i'm not sure what
> destname is looking for. is destname what i need if i want
> to feed a destination to the geocoder first, is there another
> method, or do i need to take care of the geocoder before
> hand?
>
> thanks,
>    richard
>
If the values that you provide for loc or dest are no geo-coordinates, 
the frontend will assume them to be names and run them trough the 
geocoder. For example, you can directly say dest=Seattle.

The parameter destname allows you to provide a unique name for your 
destination instead of the name given by the geocoder, e.g. 
destname=Richards%20Birthday%20Party. Note that this only has an effect 
if you also specify dest=.

best
dennis