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

[ant]

Hi Antony,

On 04.03.2011 15:04, Antony Pegg wrote:
> HI all,
>
> just a quick note - we've added bicycle and pedestrian routing options to
> the MapQuest Open sites

very nice! I've checked some of my daily bicycle routes. Of four routes 
two are perfect, and two have become too long--obviously in favour of 
the use of cycleways. Don't forget that although cycleways are 
preferable, cycling on roads is still possible and avoiding it usually 
isn't worth a 10% increase of distance.
Btw, I really like the OpenRouteService idea of different cycling 
profiles (shortest, safest, racer, mtb), although their implementation 
hasn't yet convinced me...

For another test I have compared the Bremen-Berlin route results on 
MapQuest and OpenRouteService. MQ's route is 409 km while with ORS it's 
352 km. Can you assure the 409 km route is /that/ scenic?
I think I will ride this route this month, so... I'm going to use the 
ORS route description for the outward run, and MapQuest's on the return 
run. Then I'll let you know about the results.

One more thing... it seems that turn restrictions are regarded--although 
they generally don't apply to cyclists (in most countries I guess). 
Please fix this.

MapQuest usability is a charm. There are some small adjustments that 
must be made to the routing, but then it's gonna be a really good thing. 
Thank you.

cheers
ant