[Talk-ca] ridethecity.com

[Colin McGregor]

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Adam Dunn <dunnadam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't know much about it, but there is a drop-down box on the top-right that
> allows you to select from a short list of cities. Toronto is the only
> Canadian one there. http://ridethecity.com/toronto#

Interesting. For those who haven't looked at the site, it is a bicycle
route finding site. So, you can find the best route for a bicycle from
point A to point B based on your choice of the most direct route or
the safest route ...

I tried my favorite torture test on the site, from my home (near the
intersection of Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave.) to the intersection of
Bloor St. West and Dundas Street West in Toronto. For anyone on this
list not familiar with Toronto, this is an ambiguous route to plot
because Bloor St. West and Dundas Street West intersect at two places
in Toronto. As far as ridethecity.com is concerned only the western
most Bloor St. West and Dundas Street West intersection exists... Not
that long ago I looked at a public transit routing program (based on
proprietary data) that made the opposite assumption... This sort of
thing could cause interesting sorts of grief for people ... some years
ago I worked for a firm out of an office near Bloor St. West and
Dundas Street West....

Colin.

> Adam
>
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 4:42 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I understand its based on OpenStreetMap but does any one know any much
>> about it?  Is it implemented in any Canadian cities?  Do I assume that
>> roads would have to actually be joined for this or any routing program
>> to work?
>>
>> Thanks John
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