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pedestrian routing in barcelona, “Please stay clear of pedestrian precincts“

Ohh, wanted to reply with how great osm is to:
http://www.advogato.org/person/company/diary/140.html

but our routing ain't any better:
http://data.giub.uni-bonn.de/openrouteservice/index.php?start=2.1703813,41.3800703&end=2.1739861,41.383242&pref=Pedestrian&lang=de&noMotorways=false&noTollways=false

Coordinates:
41.3800703; 2.1703813
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Posted by dekarl at Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:25:28 +0000 in German (Deutsch)

Comment from Ethan O'Connor at Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:32:53 +0000

Well, one way that OSM is so great is that we can fix this routing problem right now! The pedestrian section that forms the center of La Rambla really isn't connected to anything -- neither the streets that flank it or adjoining streets from the side. Thus the routing engine can't find pedestrian routes that cross it!

I think the best thing to do here is to replace the area tagged as highway=pedestrian with a line tagged the same (plus tag the width). Then connect footways from adjoining streets where crossings exist et voila!


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