[Marble-devel] [OSM-talk] Osm.org Routing Demo

[Dennis Nienhüser]

Hi,

On 04.07.2010 10:04, Sam Vekemans wrote:
> Hi Marble-dev, Nic
>
> Nic has created a better routing service, and its planet wide.
> I hope that this can be incorporated into the various platform
> versions of Marble Desktop.
>
>    
I wrote a yournavigation routing provider for Marble some time ago, but 
deactivated it because the yournavigation server seemed too slow (a high 
fraction of requests returned errors or timed out) and there were no 
driving directions. The new server seems to fix that to some extent, but 
not having directions is still a problem for Marble. Using this routing 
service as a fallback for routes that OpenRouteService does not cover 
may be an option though (assuming a stable URL for requests). I think 
I'll play a bit with it ;-)

> Also, having the CycleMap as a default map, would be a GREAT benifit.
> The map is also VERY stable, and is internationally known and used
> perhaps just as much as Mapnik. :)
>
> I guess i have to install KDE platform, now that i have a new
> computer, i hope it will install and setup easily :)
>
>    
It should :-)
Also note that Marble can optionally be compiled without KDE, i.e. you 
only need Qt.

> We are still looking for a volunteer to implement driving directions.
>> It is a simple, well defined job. Any computer language can be used.
>> It will be nice to have i18n capabilities but any product out there
>> can be used. It can also be independent of both YOURS and the current
>> Gosmore routing engine, so it can have a life of it's own. There is a
>> little bit of 2D geometry involved, but we will help with the
>> formulas.

@Nic: I'd be willing to devote some time to it if you can bring me up to 
speed. Just contact me via mail or IRC (Earthwings in freenode, find me 
in #marble).

Regards
Dennis