> For this hackathon we used data about whether a street is lit or not from Open Street Map. Later we could incorporate official UK gov data about street lighting or even incorporate satellite imaging data.
It sounds like getting the data right wasn't the focus yet:
> Later we could incorporate many other kinds of data such as safe checkpoints trivially. The core technical challenge was wrangling the data and writing our own custom routing algorithm.
This is a common pattern for OSM. The tool to use the data helps locate areas where the data isn't complete (say you plan a route through an area you know and it doesn't make sense).
tekacs|5 years ago
> For this hackathon we used data about whether a street is lit or not from Open Street Map. Later we could incorporate official UK gov data about street lighting or even incorporate satellite imaging data.
It sounds like getting the data right wasn't the focus yet:
> Later we could incorporate many other kinds of data such as safe checkpoints trivially. The core technical challenge was wrangling the data and writing our own custom routing algorithm.
maxerickson|5 years ago
mfbx9da4|5 years ago