[OSM-talk] Path with Pit Stops

Dan Putler dan.putler at sauder.ubc.ca
Fri Feb 11 18:11:34 GMT 2011


Hi Richard,

Are you aware if they have a terms of use for these services? I can't 
find any on the link you sent, or on the MapQuest Open Platform Web 
Services page. I have an academic research project that this is perfect 
for, but I don't want to abuse my privileges. :-)

Dan

On 02/11/2011 09:51 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Esben Stien<b0ef at esben-stien.name>  wrote:
>> Is there some kind of application that can help me with plotting the
>> smartest route in a set of points, if you're supposed to visit all the
>> points?
>>
>> Imagine a salesman, who has to visit 10 locations. Is there some
>> software that can assist me in visiting these 10 locations the smartest
>> and shortest way?.
>>
>> Any pointers?.
> This is called the "traveling salesman" problem. ;-)  Have a look at the wiki:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Traveling_salesman
>
> and the service built on OSM data at MapQuest
>
> http://open.mapquestapi.com/directions/
>
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