[OSM-talk] Connecting ferry routes to roads?

[Oliver Lewis]

This had me straight off to look at the channel tunnel, which is tagged as a
railway.  Fair enough but no router is going to send cars that way.  Should
I add highway=service to the same way and connect it to the road network, or
add a separate way or find another way to convey that the trains carry cars?
I'd welcome your suggestions.

Thanks

Oliver


On 8/31/08, Mark Williams <mark.666 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
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> Rory McCann wrote:
> > Dan Karran wrote:
> >> I fixed up the Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry route so that it goes
> >> all the way into Douglas harbour in the Isle of Man again. While I was
> >> at it, I connected it up with the road network so that routing
> >> programmes could route traffic through it as well. Is this common
> >> practice, and is there a standard way of linking them in? I've just
> >> linked the route to a service road which is connected to the rest of
> >> the road network.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Dan
> >>
> >
> > I've been taking this approach aswell, eg:
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> http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-4.07891&lon=39.66457&zoom=15&layers=B00FTF
> > I've added nodes where the coastline and the road meet and tagging them
> > with "amenity=ferry_terminal"
> >
> > Rory
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> Similarly, I put the terminal where it is, and join the route=ferry to
> the highway=service through the carpark (if that's how it is) & then to
> the main roads in the usual fashion, on the basis that that's what's
> there. Obviously foot ferries need a footway instead, and train stations
> have a similar arrangement (or ought to..)
>
> Mark
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