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Trying to get from east London to Euston on foot, it suggests I walk on the Thames for about 60% of the journey. I'd love to be able to walk on water, but alas
by alias_neo 7y ago
Trying to get from east London to Euston on foot, it suggests I walk on the Thames for about 60% of the journey.
I'd love to be able to walk on water, but alas, I cannot.
Guess it's still very much Beta.
- Fronzie 7y agoIsn't it routing you via a Ferry?
- Symbiote 7y agoIt seems to be [1]. Perhaps there's a miscalculation for when to use ferries. If I wanted to get from Canary Wharf to Euston without a car quickly, I would take the metro. If I want to walk, I don't want to use a ferry. But of course, sometimes it's essential to use a ferry to get somewhere, like an island. Perhaps that's why walking directions include the possibility to use a ferry. [1] https://www.qwant.com/maps/routes/?origin=street:osm:way:193407944@Canada%20Square&destination=osm:node:6472516924@Euston%20Square&mode=walking#map=13.03/51.5150907/-0.0929096 https://www.qwant.com/maps/routes/?origin=street:osm:way:193...
- tuukkah 7y agoThe metro and other public transit is difficult to include in the directions because it's highly time-dependent given operating hours and transfers (for that, there's OpenTripPlanner). In addition, it's difficult to manage such complex data correctly in OpenStreetMap (as opposed to separate GTFS files and tools). OsmAnd for one is trying to get us there with a beta release of public transit directions based on OSM data: https://osmand.net/blog/osmand-3-3-released https://osmand.net/blog/osmand-3-3-released
- alias_neo 7y agoIt's certainly using the ferry route, but it's configured for on foot since it doesn't appear to support transit so I assumed it's an error and it thinks the ferry route is something I can walk? Anyway, my main takeaway is that they've made the OSM maps look really nice, I struggled with OSMAnd to replace GMaps.