[OSM-talk] GSoC 2012 - Regarding CycleStreets Projects

[Priyanka]

Hi,

I am a prospective GSoC 2012 applicant, and I am interested in
applying for the CycleStreets projects.

However, on the idea page, I do not find any link to contact the
mentor(s) for this project. Am I missing something? I would be
grateful if the information could be shared.

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Priyanka M

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[Graham Jones]

Hi
Please just use this list so that others can share opinions on the project too.  So feel free to ask your questions here.

Thanks

Graham

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[Priyanka]

Hi Graham,

Thanks for your mail.

I am interested in the 'CycleStreets 2: Less wiggly routes' project. I
see that the project requires coming up with a reasonable algorithm
that includes the cost of taking a turn, so that the route is less
snaky.

I see that the http://www.cyclestreets.net/developers/projects/ page
reflects that the Routing project would be open-sourced shortly on
GitHub, and can be accessed currently with SVN.

I have several questions, and I would be grateful if someone could answer them:
- Is there a more detailed description of the algorithm being used
currently? Is it similar to the standard Dijkstra's algorithm?

- What should be the essential components of the proposal for this
project, specifically?

- It would be great if I could get SVN access to the source code, so
that I could study it.

Thanks & Regards
Priyanka

[Graham Jones]

Hi Pryanka,

I had not realised that the router was not currently open source - this will need to be sorted out to use this as the base for a GSoC project - hopefully the author of Cyclestreets will sort this very soon?

Regards

Graham.

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[Priyanka]

Thanks Graham :-)

If the mentors of the Cyle Streets projects are reading this, please
let me know. I would be delighted to discuss the 'Less Wiggly Routes'
project with you. :-)

Thanks & Regards,
Priyanka

[Graham Jones]

Pryanka,
If you have not heard from the author of cyclestreets, it would be worth looking at other OSM routers which are open source.  Search our wiki for routers or routing.  You should find things like gosmore and osrm.
You coold experiment with them to see how they do with cycling or walking routing.   There was a gsoc project a couple of years ago to calculate the 'hilliness' of routes - you could look at including that into the routing algorithm too?   You will have to remember that some people will want to go over hills and others avoid them.
The surface of tracks could also be a good parameter for cycle routing if existing routers so not use this.

Just a few thoughts so you can work up a gsoc proposal if cyclestreets does not get back to you,  or if you would prefer to work on a different route calculator.

Graham

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On 23 Mar 2012 06:17, "Priyanka" <priyanka...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Graham :-)

If the mentors of the Cyle Streets projects are reading this, please
let me know. I would be delighted to discuss the 'Less Wiggly Routes'
project with you. :-)

Thanks & Regards,
Priyanka

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Graham Jones <grahamj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pryanka,

> I h...

[Chris Fleming]

From the sounds of this tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/cyclestreets/status/183262141237833728

It looks like Cyclestreets are very close to opening up their source code.

Cheers
Chris

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