[pgrouting-dev] Understanding TSP matrix-- conceptual

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 6/15/2013 11:17 AM, Stephen Mather wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been puzzling over the TSP matrix option and its use for
> non-Euclidean distances in large part because the routing problem I
> normally solve is not a rational city layout, but an irrational trail
> layout which regularly violates the expectation of Euclidean distance
> (places like this: http://maps.clemetparks.com/url/fjc or even better
> this: http://maps.clemetparks.com/url/cjc .
>
> So, am I correct to assume that the matrix itself is like the distance
> matrices in the back of an old atlas, or am I way off here?
>
>              Chicago Denver    New York
> Chicago          0      1004        790
> Denver        1004         0       1778
> New York       790      1778          0

Yes this is exactly what it is.

-Steve