[OSGeo Africa] Travel Time Calculation

[Uazukuani]

Dear Sarel and Paul

Thanks you both for your suggestions.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Paul Scott <pscott209 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 15/01/2013 08:53, S Coetzer wrote:
>
>   Hi
>
>  If I can suggest a quick an easy way to get estimated time travel.
>
>  Get your x,y coordinates from point A to point B and plot it on Google
> maps. Use the GET DIRECTIONS facility, this would give you an estimated
> travel time and distance along with several possible alternative routes.
>
>
>
> For a group of GI professionals, I am bitterly disappointed in these types
> of answers. Has anyone heard of Djikstra's algorithm (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm) or a* or
> Shooting-Star distance algorithms?  (
> http://www.policyalmanac.org/games/aStarTutorial.htm)
>
> From that, we can infer that distance * average speed = time right?
>
> Come on ladies and gents! Let us foster an environment for new thinking
> and innovation, not a forum for consumption of predefined OTS products.
>
> OSGeo = Open Source = hack and pick and modify = change = new = better =
> share.
>
>
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