[OSM-talk] Routing on OSM maps on a Garmin device

Ed Avis eda at waniasset.com
Mon Jun 14 19:18:51 BST 2010


निशांत / Nishant <nishantsharma.in <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>While I was at the far point of my trip and wanted to go home (about 275
>>km), my Garmin was unable to calculate a route.

>I have observed that happening when there are ways which are not
>connected properly. And hence, device can't find the route and fails
>with "Routing Error". Its a data quality problem and not the device
>issue.
>
>If you can narrow down to the problem area on the map, there must be
>one junction where two or more ways on the route are not connected.

I'd like to give a mention to <http://keepright.ipax.at/> for those who are
not aware of it.  It flags these routing problems ('almost-junctions', and
roads that cross without an intersection node) so they can be found quickly.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>





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