[OSM-talk] Divided/Non-Divided Intersection
Maarten Deen
mdeen at xs4all.nl
Sun Jul 11 09:23:03 BST 2010
John Smith wrote:
> On 11 July 2010 06:43, Chris Dombroski <cdombroski+osm at icanttype.org> wrote:
>> I ask because I think this is the cause of stupid GPS directions at times
>> "make a left, followed by a slight right"
>
> Isn't that a problem with the routing software, not the data?
Not IMHO.
If you have a layout like this (use a fixed-width font):
| |
A----+-+
| +----B
C----+-+
| |
And you want to go from B to A, why would routing software say "go straight on"
and not "go right, then go left"?
And option is to map it like this:
| |
A----+ |
|\|
| +----B
|/|
C----+ |
| |
Maarten
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