[Xastir-dev] first cut at geocoder

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Jeff Barlow wrote:

> Yes, that clearly is a major project, somewhat akin to circuit board
> auto-routing I should think.

VERY similar.  That might give us some good algorithms to go look at
when we get ready to do it... PCB auto-routing open-source projects!


> I've played with Garmin's MetroGuide enough to develop a love/hate
> reaction. The automatic routing is quite impressive, though much of the
> UI is pretty lame. One nice feature is you can click on a displayed
> route, drag the selected point, and drop it elsewhere, thereby altering
> the route.
>
> Something like might be a next step after the "big hurkin' line". Allow
> the user to drag a point on that line (rubber banding) and snap it to a
> road intersection. This would give Xastir manual route entry, at least.

Good ideas.  Keep 'em coming!

Right now I'll be satisfied with a big ugly ink splat on the screen.
The rest comes later.  ;-)

Everybody's probably seen the three different-colored circles for
the TrackMe function, or the three circles for different wind
velocities around hurricanes.  We could do a similar thing for this,
or keep them all one color like a target.  Good first step anyway.

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