[OSM-talk] Ensuring Cyclewyays/Footways are routable?

[Shaun McDonald]

On 2 Jul 2009, at 00:54, simon at mungewell.org wrote:

> I had a little play with Cloudmade's routing stuff and it wasn't quite
> working for me.....
>
> http://maps.cloudmade.com/?lat=51.103306&lng=-114.079413&zoom=15&directions=51.10050375773113,-114.0750789642334,51.10594712658125,-114.08280372619629&travel=foot&styleId=3697
>
> Both foot and cycle routes take a long way around (car goes even  
> further
> thought an 'access=bus' section).

The data looks good. The car route probably is using the faster route  
due to the secondary roads.

>
> How often is the route database updated? Cycle way through path was  
> last
> edited around the 19th June, but is not used in the route.

It is normally updated weekly. We are currently using data from  
2009-06-17.

>
> Also in realality the park is also routeable, one could just walk up
> Trafford Ave and over a bit of grass. Is it possible to tag so this  
> can
> happen?
>

You need to add a footpath over the grass. You can only route where  
there is connectivity, or there is bad data.

>
>
> And on this one, it routes the bike slightly further:
> http://maps.cloudmade.com/?lat=51.118516&lng=-114.048493&zoom=16&directions=51.11576782135306,-114.04864311218262,51.12080533765644,-114.04978036880493&travel=bicycle&styleId=1714
>
> If the start/end points are moved slightly it permits foot/cycles to  
> go
> both ways so it's not a tagging thing. What's going on?
>

It will be a combination of the weightings of the types of road, and  
the distance.

Shaun

> Cheers,
> Mungewell.
>
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