[OSM-talk] finding settlements where the highways do connect across the settlement

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On Wed, July 4, 2018 6:12 pm, john whelan wrote:
> I'm using JOSM and find unconnected highways is useful but in Africa I'm
> seeing a number of settlements that have highways entering on both sides
> but nothing connecting them which poses problems for routing software.
>
> Any suggestions ?

Connect them !

Seriously, even if you don't feel like detailing their path across the
settlement, road network connectivity is worth the urban imprecision... In
the beginning of Openstreetmap, major ways coming into major cities would
just meet in the middle !

Playing with routers such as OSRM is a way I have sometimes stumbled upon
such cases of disconnection.