[Talk-us] routing tags used by actual routing applications

[Martijn van Exel]

Added a comment to the discussion section of that page as well:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:OSM_tags_for_routing#Authority.3F

On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
> I don't know how this keeps happening, but I responded with my osm.us
> account again. I sincerely apologize. Of course, I am not speaking as
> the board president on matters like these.
>
> Martijn
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Martijn van Exel
> <martijn at openstreetmap.us> wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> I hadn't seen that page for a while, thank you for reminding me. I
>> don't really trust that page to be reliable, because it does not
>> contain any concrete references to applications / services actually
>> adhering to these conventions.
>>
>> With that said I agree fully that having a resource that *is*
>> trustworthy (containing references to which router supports certain
>> conventions) is becoming increasingly important - especially now that
>> we're getting close to getting routing / directions support on
>> osm.org. I will make it a priority to see about sharing the
>> conventions we support, and working with other major nav / directions
>> providers to discuss optimal support for less well defined tags like
>> signposting (see the other thread I started a few days ago).
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Jason Remillard
>> <remillard.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Would it be possible for somebody from telenav/scout/skobbler to
>>> update this page, or make a new wiki page describing what tagging is
>>> actually used to determine if a way is considered for a route?
>>>
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing
>>>
>>> Playing around with scout, I have discovered that it will not route
>>> over tracks, cycleways, and paths unless you are in pedestrian mode.
>>> It ignores access=destination, and the surface tag.
>>>
>>> Similarly to how default tile server shapes tagging, scout, skobbler ,
>>> osmand, etc, and the other widely used OSM routing applications will
>>> inevitably shape tagging. It would be useful to document what the
>>> mainstream routing application are actually doing rather than
>>> guessing.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jason
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Martijn van Exel
>> President, US Chapter
>> OpenStreetMap
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>
>
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