[pgrouting-users] Oneway problem

Ralf Suhr Ralf.Suhr at itc-halle.de
Mon Oct 18 06:00:58 EDT 2010


Hello Espen,

my fault. I did not read FT != TF. Your sql updates are ok. Setting 
reverse_cost will not have any effect for calculating a forward route.

Gr
Ralf

Am Montag 18 Oktober 2010 09:12:10 schrieb Espen Isaksen:
> Ok, sorry for not being clear here(and my absence this weekend).
> 
> Oneway=FT means one way in the direction of the geometry, oneway=TF
> means one way in the opposite direction of the geometry. A regular two
> way road has a null value in the oneway column.
> 
> So I got three values in the oneway column, TF, FT and null.
> 
> For starters I set cost and reverse_cost equal to the length column as
>  this:
> 
> update elveg set cost=length
> update elveg set reverse_cost=length
> 
> Then I up the cost for oneway streets by setting the value of the cost
> column higher where the one way street is the same direction as the
> geometry and the reverse_column higher where the one way street is in
> the opposite direction of the the geometry:
> 
> update elveg set cost=length+1000000 where oneway='FT' ;
> update elveg set reverse_cost=length+1000000 where oneway='TF'
> 
> Sorry if I am completely misunderstanding this stuff, but I thought
> this should be fairly easy.
> 
> Espen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Ricardo Bayley
> 
> <ricardo.bayley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Espen,
> > I dont understand why you set both cost and reverse_cost to the same
> > value ? Shouldn´t you be setting
> > cost = length
> > reverse_cost = length + 100000 ?
> > (or the other way around depening on the one_way value)
> > update elveg set cost= length where oneway='FT' ;
> > update elveg set reverse_cost= length+1000000 where oneway='TF'
> >
> > Ricardo
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Espen Isaksen <espen.isaksen at gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> I'm sorry Ralf, I do not understand what you mean here. I'll give some
> >> more description of the data to make it more clear from my side.
> >>
> >> This is the edge being a one way street:
> >>
> >>  gid   | target | source |  cost   | reverse_cost | oneway
> >> --------+--------+--------+---------+--------------+--------
> >>  157332 | 714814 | 714597 | 1 | 1000062 | TF
> >>
> >> >From my understanding I should be able to create a route in the
> >>
> >> direction of the edge, but the reverse_cost should come into play when
> >> I route the opposite direction? An thus make the route go around.
> >>
> >> And the direction is the direction of the geometry right?
> >>
> >> Espen
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Ralf Suhr <Ralf.Suhr at itc-halle.de> 
wrote:
> >> > If the edge in database have the same start- and endnode you need only
> >> > update
> >> > the reverse_cost column.
> >> >
> >> > In case the direction (start-, endnode) are in reversed order the
> >> > update will
> >> > only on cost column.
> >> >
> >> > Am Freitag 15 Oktober 2010 14:23:16 schrieben Sie:
> >> >> But I think I have understood this correctly then. That is why I did
> >> >> this:
> >> >>
> >> >> update elveg set cost=length+1000000 where oneway='FT' ;
> >> >> update elveg set reverse_cost=length+1000000 where oneway='TF'
> >> >>
> >> >> This should do exactly what you explained.
> >> >>
> >> >> However, I wonder if this should concern me?
> >> >> http://pgrouting.postlbs.org/ticket/212
> >> >>
> >> >> Espen
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Ralf Suhr <Ralf.Suhr at itc-halle.de>
> >> >>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Espen,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > one edge is defined by to nodes in pgrouting.
> >> >> > You need to match the definition of oneway street to the edge.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If the direction of edge and oneway street are the same, then only
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > reverse_cost must be higher. In case direction from edge are
> >> >> > opposite to
> >> >> > oneway street, the reverse_cost become the the cost for driving the
> >> >> > oneway street.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Gr
> >> >> > Ralf
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Am Freitag 15 Oktober 2010 13:34:47 schrieb Espen Isaksen:
> >> >> >> Hi!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I have a feeling there is something I do not understand concerning
> >> >> >> routing with oneway streets, but after hours of testing and
> >> >> >> googling I
> >> >> >> have to ask you guys on this list.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I have a street network for Norway in my database and I have added
> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> columns cost and reverse_cost. I have initially set both columns
> >> >> >> to the value of the length of the geometry.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Then I updated cost and reverse cost by this:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> update elveg set cost=length+1000000 where oneway='FT' ;
> >> >> >> update elveg set reverse_cost=length+1000000 where oneway='TF' ;
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I have this sql running shooting star. The sql is from the FOSS4G
> >> >> >> workshop:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> SELECT rt.gid, ST_AsGeoJSON(rt.the_geom) AS geojson,
> >> >> >> length(rt.the_geom) AS length, elveg.gid
> >> >> >> FROM elveg,
> >> >> >> (SELECT gid, the_geom
> >> >> >> FROM shootingstar_sp(
> >> >> >>                         'elveg',
> >> >> >>                         157334,
> >> >> >>                         157165,
> >> >> >>                         10000, 'cost', true, true)
> >> >> >>                      ) as rt
> >> >> >> WHERE elveg.gid=rt.gid
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> What happens is that if I set the cost column high, the route will
> >> >> >> not
> >> >> >> travel on this road in both directions. And whatever I set
> >> >> >> reverse_cost, there is no changes to the route.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Do I need to explain pgrouting to use the reverse_cost column? And
> >> >> >> why
> >> >> >> is the cost column working both directions?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Espen
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