[OSM-talk] question for folks working on routing engines

[John Smith]

On 16 April 2011 13:43, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16 April 2011 13:25, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
>> what i'm after are parameters so that the routing engines present
>> rational results to drivers who aren't me. so why don't we focus on
>> the actual problem in front of us instead of posturing about our
>> driving skills.
>
> Well you seemed to have skipped my next comment about describing what
> sort of dirt road they are.
>
> As for describing conditions, you could describe sections of the road
> as being corrugated or potholed etc... That sort of information is
> useful even on tarred roads...
>

I actually wrote a comment to the talk-au list about having accurate
map data, and not just for navigation.

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2011-April/007874.html