[OSM-talk] Living with 'improvements'

[Greg Troxel]

Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> writes:

> Lester Caine wrote:
>> Basically - does anybody have a smartphone option that correctly and safely
>> handles UK motorways and trunk roads?
>
> Well I'm seeing some feedback off-list, and there have been a few
> steps forward, but The one thing I have finally established is that
> off the 5 routing engines so far tested, none can handle the roads in
> the Cotswolds. I have yet to get some confirmation, but Yours, OSRM,
> OSMAnd, MapQuest and CloudMade all fail to pick up tertiary routes
> unless one is actually ON the road in question? As a result they make
> detours via other roads to get around those sections and add ten's of
> minutes to a journey. The biggest so far is a 10 mile diversion north,
> but a couple of miles are added to journey south, via four more
> roundabouts.

I find this all surprising, and wonder what's wrong.   I have OSM data
in my garmin 50 (with mkgmap) and (in the US, which is a different place
with different data, etc.) it works fine.
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