[gis_info] cheap routing software?

[karsten vennemann]

Yes I was just typing the same thing as Percy did already reply.

Definitely check that one out. You can find information about 
PostGIS from Refractions, Victoria, Canada here:
http://postgis.refractions.net/
and PgRouting from Orkney, Japan here: http://pgrouting.postlbs.org/

Also there is a great demo of "real time routing" - as you drag your cursor
using OpenLayers (http://openlayers.org/) + PgRouting - its amazing. 
this demo at http://boston.freemap.in/routing.html 
and video (http://crschmidt.net/blog/categories/pgrouting/ ) 

Lately, the demo sometimes didn't work for me in some browsers - not sure
what changed - but be assured technically real time routing over the web
(and on the desktop liekwize) with these tools can be made to work - I have
seen it.

Cheers
Karsten

Karsten Vennemann
Terra GIS LTD
2119 Boyer Ave E 
Seattle, WA  98112
USA 
www.terragis.net
Phone 206 905 1711

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gis_info-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
> [mailto:gis_info-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of percy
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 15:18
> To: Heather Kandoll
> Cc: gis_info at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Subject: Re: [gis_info] cheap routing software?
> 
> PGRouting is an open source solution that many web developers 
> use. It runs within PostGIS, which is an extension to 
> Postgresql, an extremely stable and widely used "enterprise 
> class", opensource, object-relational DBMS.
> 
> As a geologist, I have not had the need to do any routing :-)
> 
> However, I hear *really good things* about PGRouting!
> Cheers,
> Percy
> 
> Quoting Heather Kandoll <hkandoll at centurytel.net>:
> 
> > I work in Vancouver, WA for a public transportation company. Our   
> > operations department just called me wanting to know if I 
> knew of a   
> > good cheap routing software. They want it for quick demos of   
> > possible reroutes.
> >
> > They have software called INIT which actually monitors the 
> current   
> > GPS location of every bus in our fleet and knows if it is 
> on time or  
> > not. However, there are sometimes we have to do a detour, 
> like for a  
> > parade or sewer project, and so they need to be able to put in new  
> > way points and have it find distance and how long it should take  
> > based on speed limits. This software doesn't do that.
> >
> > I tried to demo GoogleMaps for them, and ititally, the test went   
> > pretty well. It's easy to use, and it's free. But then they 
> had me   
> > do a reroute in downtown Portland for our express buses, 
> and Google   
> > refused to do what we wanted. It kept defaulting back to Broadway   
> > (arterial street), and we really wanted to run though the 
> bus mall   
> > on 5th.
> >
> > So, what they are looking for is something to load on a 
> laptop and   
> > be able to do on the fly during a meeting.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Heather Kandoll
> >
> > C-TRAN GIS Analyst
> >
> >
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