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

[john whelan]

I connect them as I come across them I just wondered if anyone had a magic
spell to find them?

Thanks John

On 4 July 2018 at 13:33, Jean-Marc Liotier <jm at liotier.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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