[OSM-talk] Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key class:bicycle

steve brown steve at evolvedlight.co.uk
Mon May 10 15:10:56 BST 2010


Hey Felix

In OpenSatNav we use the phrase "turn by turn routing" or "turn by turn
navigation". Some call it "real time" or "live" navigation.

Steve

On 10 May 2010 15:05, Felix Hartmann <extremecarver at googlemail.com> wrote:

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> On 09.05.2010 13:18, Jens Müller wrote:
> > Am 03.05.2010 13:31, schrieb Felix Hartmann:
> >   >  Subject: Philosophy about Autorouting for Cyclists and new key
> > class:bicycle
> >
> >
> > What do you mean by "Autorouting"? Something else than just "routing"?
> >
> Well when I say autorouting I mean that a computer or GPS calculates a
> route, and I can follow it, and I get proper turn instructions like:
> Turn right into abcstreet cycleroute def.
>
> Many people take routing for following tracks, so that would mean no
> automatic calculation of the ways. Hence I say autorouting to avoid
> confusion. I don't think navigation is a better term either for the above.
> >
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