[postgis-users] Can PostGIS do Route optimization / shortest pass

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 1/6/06, Fdu (sent by Nabble.com) <lists at nabble.com> wrote:
>  Is there route optimization functionality in PostGIS? Given starting point
> and end point (assume there is street center line in database), does PostGIS
> have any existing function which can calculate shortest route (in time or
> distance)? If it does, what kind of information I can get from it? Such as
> total route time, route length, and route description, points/polylines
> which make the route?

Fay,

I'm sure others know lots more about this than me, but
you can find a routing module at:

  http://www.cartoweb.org/contribs.html

Best regards,
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