[OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

[Lester Caine]

I've started a new thread rather than reopening an old one on my ongoing saga 
with using OSM as a routing option. Since the only suggestion o that thread was 
to try OSMAnd.

http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/OSMAnd has the latest set of notes which I've gatheread 
after a few weeks of trying to live with OSMAnd. As with the LocusPRO problems, 
they are bad enough to prevent it being used on it's own. I've still got the 
TomTom hooked up as well even if the map is well out of date now.

I've logged it in an issue on the osmand tracker but while cross checking things 
I did not find it listed in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing and since 
it does have it's own separate page I assume that I should complete the loop here?

One thing I do seem to have established is that it is the handling of x_link 
which seems to be lacking in all the options I have been testing. While the rule 
is 'don't tag for the routers, the x_link tag is specifically router based and 
should take priority when describing a move. The direction 'Bear slightly left 
onto the M5' is somewhat misleading when you are actually leaving the motorway, 
and 'straight on' is even more incorrect but is what LocusPRO announces for 
these junctions!

Basically - does anybody have a smartphone option that correctly and safely 
handles UK motorways and trunk roads?

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