Massive Update To The New Cycling Route Creation App I've Been Developing!
01-14-24, 09:48 PM
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This is a really awesome tool! For longer distances it gives way better routes than other tools I've tried
One thing I noticed in my town is that the the map isn't populating routes using lines tagged with 'path' or 'foot path' from OSM. For example, it doesn't populate the route I bike to work, and instead gives you a very steep and longer route despite the shorter and flatter route I bike being mapped in OSM. You can't force it onto those sections either.
Maybe you could add options as for what type of path/roadway the program will route you over such as including paths, or excluding highways?
One thing I noticed in my town is that the the map isn't populating routes using lines tagged with 'path' or 'foot path' from OSM. For example, it doesn't populate the route I bike to work, and instead gives you a very steep and longer route despite the shorter and flatter route I bike being mapped in OSM. You can't force it onto those sections either.
Maybe you could add options as for what type of path/roadway the program will route you over such as including paths, or excluding highways?
So kind of you!
To address your second point, my routing profiles are designed to just let you bike on roads that don't disallow bikes and paths that specifically allow bikes. I'd imagine in your case I'm interpreting "footpath" as walkable only. The challenging thing is, there's a very fine line between what is considered sidewalks and footpaths and bike paths and I have to be incredibly careful when it comes to weighting my systems, as I don't accidentally want one of my routing profiles to predominantly take you on annoying sidewalks. The best I can say in this situation is either specifically mark in OSM that these paths allow bikes or tell me the osmIDS/specific path names and either I or one my team members (probably Tim, the server guy, he loves updating OSM stuff) will update it for you. Beyond that, if you find an error in my logic (say, you query osm and it's clearly marked a bike path) I'll happily investigate and update my routing logic.
01-18-24, 03:03 PM
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This is a pretty neat tool. Thanks for all your work, firebird854!
