[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH] Alpha code for pedestrian routing in plazas

Fri May 29 20:13:55 BST 2009

Hi Clinton,

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Clinton Gladstone
<clinton.gladstone at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It was previously mentioned on this list that pedestrian routing did
> not work when encountering pedestrian plazas and squares
> (highway=pedestrian & area=yes).
>
> Attached is an alpha patch inspired by (read: shamelessly copied from)
> Mark's cycleway=opposite addition. The coding adds a pedestrian way
> around the perimeter of the polygon. Routing appears to work in
> Mapsource, but I have not yet hat a chance to test this on a device.

Good idea with this! What do you think about creating pedestrian ways
that connect to each of the streets that touch the plaza instead of
just creating ways around the outside?

There isn't a pedestrian plaza near me anymore so I can't test this
patch. Sorry.

Cheers, Ben