[talk-au] "Bad" directions on Outback roads

[Brendan Barnes]

Absolutely Steva. Better routers make better decisions.

But yeah Graeme, my preference would be a router to read live GeoJSON
sources, for the most accurate "what's happening on the ground right now"
when considering traffic hazards. This is (relatively) easier for websites
and smartphone apps than simple car head units.

Baking seasonal hints into OSM, such as access:conditional=seasonal @
(dry_season) (or similar - I'm sure there's a better way) can definitely be
done. However we need to consider a lot of factors, such as are these
definitely closed reliably each season and by enforced signage, or are
closures subject to the prevailing weather conditions.

If a road has definitive closure dates we might be able to utilise
opening_hours. I tried to start something similar on Victorian Alps
seasonal road closures, for example
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/105842220. However these closures are
usually described something like "closed to vehicles from Queens Birthday
weekend to Cup Weekend" and are proving difficult to describe in OSM tag
format without having to upload new dates each year.


On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 15:18, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> On Feb 8, 2022, at 8:08 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Do routers "read" such things as flood-prone, intermittent & seasonal?
>
> My "quick, off-the-cuff" answer would be:  "better routers SHOULD."  The
> real answer is very much "check your particular router."
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