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

[john at jfeldredge.com]

Ideally, one would be able to set priorities for shortest distance vs. fewer hills vs. less traffic, and thus adjust the route suggestions to the individual's preferences.  Perhaps, one could save several different "presets", and pick between them.

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Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites
From  :mailto:edodd at billiau.net
Date  :Sat Mar 05 14:14:33 America/Chicago 2011


On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:34:17 +0100
Jean-Marc Liotier <jm at liotier.org> wrote:

> Steve Bennett wrote:
> > Anyway, just did a quick test ...
> > I'm shocked. That's almost the exact route I took yesterday.
> 
> Same test here and same result... The differences being the result of
> a couple of mistakes in the map, which I'm going to correct very
> soon. I'm pleased with MapQuest Open's bicycle default routing
> algorithm.
> 
> The relief avoidance weighting is rather extreme - it will make
> rather large detours to get around molehills...
> 
> 
>
I tried it and it would send me down the main road and not the back
roads I usually use. I know I cycle a few kms further but the diversion
is preferable for safety.

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