[Navit-users] Navit won't place me on a service road

[Helge H. <hel...@ai...>]

Looks like navit don't want to place me on a service road.
(At least OSM has service roads as a concept, and navit
renders them as single-pixel black lines.)

I understand that navit don't want to take "shortcuts"
through parking lots or industrial areas. This is usually
avoidable by making service roads "slow" though.

But such areas may very well be the endpoints 
of a trip. Every workday, I park in a parking lot
at the end of a service road that connects the
parking lot to the city streets.

So when the GPS says I am on the service road, then
it'd be nice if navit believe it, instead of placing
me on the nearest city street 150m away.
When I get the sound system working, it'd even be nice
to be told if I need a left or right turn where
the service road ends.

Similiarly - if the gps says I am on a footpath then I
probably am. I could be walking, or I could be lost.
Directions back to the proper road is then useful.

Of course, modes for pedestrian or bicycle could also
be useful.  

Helge Hafting