[OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

[Martijn van Exel]

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Antony Pegg <antthelimey at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI all,
>
> just a quick note - we've added bicycle and pedestrian routing options to
> the MapQuest Open sites
>
> more details here:
> http://blog.mapquest.com/2011/03/03/open-routing-options-expanded/
>
> couple known things:
>  - We've already discovered highway=bridleway not included - we've updated
> the base code already, but it requires a re-conversion from scratch, so
> it'll take a week or two before bridleways get picked up
>
>  - if you're familiar with the underlying services from
> http://open.mapquestapi.com you'll notice that neither the elevation
> service, nor use of the cyclingRoadFactor parameter are in the UI yet -
> that'll come later
>
> knowing the amazing diligence of this community, I'm sure you guys will
> find tags we've missed that should or could be used for bike/pedestrian.  If
> you feel its worth mentioning, please please please provide some point of
> reference so we can eyeball it - a wayID, or a link to a route on the open
> mapquest site where it isnt going thru a feature you think it should.
> Thanks.
>
>
Hi Ant - great addition. It looks pretty good upon initial inspection in
Amsterdam. One thing that does not seem to get picked up is one-way bike
lanes, i.e. ways with highway=cycleway, oneway=yes. We use those quite a lot
here for separate bike tracks alongside main roads.

I'm doing some more extensive testing now.

Best,

-- 
Martijn van Exel
http://about.me/mvexel
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