[mkgmap-dev] Auto-Merge

Mon Sep 7 21:30:46 BST 2009

Mark Burton schrieb:

>> A----------way1------------XY--------------------way2----------------B
>>
>> X (endpoint of way1) and Y (startpoint of way2) having the
>> same coordinate.
>>
>> Mapsource is not able to route from A to B directly.
> 
> Sorry, I misinterpreted what you were saying. No, mkgmap does not merge
> points that have the same coordinates but belong to different ways.
> 
> Personally, I don't think mkgmap should auto-connect ways, so I
> certainly won't be writing the code to do that. If the OSM data is
> wrong, tough!

Okay, I see. In my example X and Y could have a different elevation
(for example if there is a cliff).

I was just wondering that OpenRouteService.org was able to route
over such a spot.

Chris