[Talk-GB] Question regarding mapping inaccuracies.

Peter Miller peter.miller at itoworld.com
Fri May 29 20:23:36 BST 2009


On 29 May 2009, at 15:42, Shaun McDonald wrote:

> I'm wondering if someone will be able to implement an efficient  
> version of the snooker ball visualisation on http://www.cyclestreets.net/blog/2009/03/26/thats-a-really-odd-route/

That's very useful. Is it possible for anyone to view that mapping  
view through Cycle Streets?


Regards,



Peter



>
>
> Shaun
>
> On 29 May 2009, at 15:19, Chris Andrew wrote:
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> It occurred to me whilst editing recently, that due to user error,
>> some roads do not correctly link to each other.  I made this mistake
>> when I first started editing, because I had the resolution at the
>> wrong setting.  This made things quick and easy, but unless you are
>> using a small scale, you can't ensure that the way that you are
>> plotting actually joins an existing way.
>>
>> This leaves me thinking that this could be a bit of a problem for
>> route planning on satnav devices and other apps where the roads MUST
>> connect together.  My question is, can we (do we?) automate the
>> checking of roads to ensure they are connected to something, and if
>> not, is it possible to highlight them, rather like unnamed roads can
>> be shown in red?
>>
>> Sorry about my garbled message; I hope it makes sense.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chris.
>>
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