[Talk-us] How is Scout?

[Mike N]

On 6/23/2014 3:15 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> We launched Scout for iOS powered by OpenStreetMap a little over a
> month ago now, followed by the Android version in early June. While
> the feedback in general has been overwhelmingly positive, I am really
> curious to hear about your experiences. Have you tried Scout? What are
> your impressions? Have you given any feedback using the map error
> reporting function in the app?

   I've finally got Scout installed on IOS and working the way I'd like 
to use it.   I have a few notes:

   1.  After reviewing the tags in the Wiki that are noted - I see that 
highway=service is not used for through routing.   In one case I've 
seen, that could still be useful if there is no other way to exit a 
space such as this:

http://mapq.st/1p3a3QX

   From "A", I was advised to just go to S Pleasantburg Drive, whereas 
Skobbler tells you turn by turn.   From point A, there are 1 or more 
parking_aisle + driveway segments to traverse before coming to the 
roundabout and a named road.

   2.  A very minor thing: When it got to "Douglas W Brister Boulevard", 
the voice announced it as "Douglas West Brister Blvd" :-)  Otherwise the 
text to speech works very well - is there any way to hint that the W is 
not a directional?

   3.  If it advises to "keep left" on a 2 lane road, oneway=no, I'm 
assuming that the number of lanes isn't marked and that if the lanes=2 
was added, that the "keep left" would be omitted for that case.