[talk-au] tagging Fords and routing

[Warin]

On 20/07/2015 8:18 PM, David Clark wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> That ford fails on ridewithgps so the problem must be with their 
> routing engine. I'll get in touch with them about fixing it.
> Thanks for your help.

An idea...
If the router is told to avoid unpaved roads .. that may also avoid 
fords. Fords may be seen as a hazard similar to an unpaved road by some.

>> Can you point to which ford node/way is causing you the issue?
>>
>> Just as a quick test this route works and it passes a ford=yes node:
>>
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=osrm_car&route=-33.4973%2C150.7659%3B-33.5122%2C150.7665
>> On 20 July 2015 at 14:52, David Clark <dbclark at fastmail.com.au 
>> <mailto:dbclark at fastmail.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>     I use www.ridewithgps.com <http://www.ridewithgps.com> for route
>>     planning and have found I can't plan a route across a ford even
>>     though the tagging looks correct. I'm not sure at the moment if
>>     this is a problem with OSM routing in general or with the
>>     www.ridewithgps.com <http://www.ridewithgps.com> routing. When
>>     planning a route it won't let you plan across a ford. You can
>>     plan along a way until it gets to the ford then it won't let you
>>     go across the ford even if the ford is part of the way.
>>     Has anyone come across this before?? Any tips on how to sort his
>>     out??
>>     Thanks,
>>     David
>>
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