Status of Travel Mapping

[Jim]

Somehow US85BusTor slipped through the cracks again, and is still hiding in GitHub without being visible to everyone else. (Proof I'm not mad)

EDIT: I think it's because it doesn't have the .wpt extension on it.

Good catch.  It also doesn't have entries in the .csv files, so the misnamed file didn't generate an error or warning.  I'm fixing now and will re-run the update before I call it a night.  Look for it in 15-20 minutes.

[yakra]

Now I see markers for all points, including the ones that should be hidden.
For example, ME I-95 has +x8, +x11, +x13, +x17, and the rest...

No labels, visible or hidden, are showing up for me.  It's something to check out.  I don't see anything obvious.  Straightening out the reported data problems and pulling in more updates will take priority, though.

Opened Issue #4 in TravelMapping/Web on GitHub.

In this case I'm referring not to the text waypoint labels, but the small round black & green graphic marking each waypoint.

[Jim]

Several more highway data updates are in this evening.  Let us know if anything looks to have gone wrong.

[vdeane]

The new segment of A-73 isn't showing up.

Also, it would be nice if the updates.php page would sort by date.  Currently, one has to read the entire page to see what's changed with each update.

[oscar]

The new segment of A-73 isn't showing up.

Also, it would be nice if the updates.php page would sort by date.  Currently, one has to read the entire page to see what's changed with each update.

At least for me, the updates page is sorted by date, with most recent entries on the top. I don't know if there's a way for users to change the sort order, but I got sort-by-date without lifting a finger.

The route file for A-73 St-Georges was missing from my pull request yesterday. I e-mailed Jim a copy a few hours ago, so he can add it to the DB. The other new Quebec route files are already in the DB, taking care of Quebec for now (until new Autoroute extensions open to traffic, probably A-20 and another A-410 extension later this year).

[Jim]

The new segment of A-73 isn't showing up.

Also, it would be nice if the updates.php page would sort by date.  Currently, one has to read the entire page to see what's changed with each update.

As Oscar mentioned, the A-73 will be in when I run an update tonight.  I have it now.  There are also a couple others that will go in tonight.

I envision lots of improvements on the updates page - it's about as plain and simple as it can get for now.  I'd want to be able to filter or sort by date, region, route, type of change, etc.  It's not likely going to be a priority for me for a while (but I'll say again, I'll happily accept more enhancements from others).

[Jim]

An update just completed.  This includes the missing A-73 segment and yakra's most recent submissions of updates in Maine, Kansas, and New Brunswick, plus a few .list updates.

[Jim]

I found and fixed a few bugs in the draft highway browser (the one in devel/hb.php).  The "info windows" (the thought-bubble looking things) should now show up with all of the desired information when you either click on a waypoint icon on the map or the name of a waypoint in the table on the left.  Hidden waypoints should now never have entries in the table or waypoint markers on the map.

Thanks to those who reported the problems and for everyone's patience until I was able to take a look.

[vdeane]

The new segment of A-73 isn't showing up.

Also, it would be nice if the updates.php page would sort by date.  Currently, one has to read the entire page to see what's changed with each update.

At least for me, the updates page is sorted by date, with most recent entries on the top. I don't know if there's a way for users to change the sort order, but I got sort-by-date without lifting a finger.

The route file for A-73 St-Georges was missing from my pull request yesterday. I e-mailed Jim a copy a few hours ago, so he can add it to the DB. The other new Quebec route files are already in the DB, taking care of Quebec for now (until new Autoroute extensions open to traffic, probably A-20 and another A-410 extension later this year).

Mine sorts by region when at home.  Interestingly, it sorts by date at work.

The St-Georges section of A-73 was listed in updates.php before it got put in the last update.

[oscar]

The St-Georges section of A-73 was listed in updates.php before it got put in the last update.

Yeah, my bad.

[Jim]

A big update has been pulled in and the site updated tonight.  3 minor NY changes by me, and 1251 changes by Si.  In addition to what you see on the updates page, a few in-development systems make their first appearance: state highways in Colorado, Indiana, and Wyoming (I think that's it) plus a very early preview of the usanp system just starting to be discussed and developed.  There might be some new things in Europe - Si can tell us specifics if he'd like.

There are sure to be at least some small problems with an update this big - let us know if you see anything.

One thing I know about - the datacheck error list didn't make it into the DB, and I need to figure out why.  Since that's the last part that gets added to the DB, everything else should have loaded properly.

[Duke87]

The last update was run with the list file I sent you earlier this week, this one now has reverted everything to the previous version I sent a couple months ago...

[english si]

There might be some new things in Europe - Si can tell us specifics if he'd like.

A new A road near Liverpool, some French corrections to do with the system .csv files, and Greece and Slovakia brought up to date. It's all in the update page, other than Greco-Slovak minor tweaks like waypoint names and minor shaping.

There are sure to be at least some small problems with an update this big - let us know if you see anything.

Most of the size of the update was the new systems, though Greece and Slovakia add quite a bit, especially Greece.

[Jim]

The last update was run with the list file I sent you earlier this week, this one now has reverted everything to the previous version I sent a couple months ago...

Yours and two others were not on my regular computer, which just came back from repairs.  I have them (but had forgotten to commit them to the repository until just now).  I'm running a new update in a few minutes that just completed.  Let me know if all looks OK now.

[oscar]

The last update was run with the list file I sent you earlier this week, this one now has reverted everything to the previous version I sent a couple months ago...

Yours and two others were not on my regular computer, which just came back from repairs.  I have them (but had forgotten to commit them to the repository until just now).  I'm running a new update in a few minutes that just completed.  Let me know if all looks OK now.

The re-do for my file worked.

But a residual issue on the just-repaired MT US 89 route file:  the southernmost waypoint should be WY/MT, rather than MT/WY.

[michih]

I found and fixed a few bugs in the draft highway browser (the one in devel/hb.php).  The "info windows" (the thought-bubble looking things) should now show up with all of the desired information when you either click on a waypoint icon on the map or the name of a waypoint in the table on the left.  Hidden waypoints should now never have entries in the table or waypoint markers on the map.

I think "all of the desired information" is sometimes too much, for instance: http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/?r=grc.a029.

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Waypoint 14
Coords.: 40.531580°, 21.180770°

The waypoint name is displayed on the left but it's difficult to refer the data of the info window bubble to the data of the table.
I think all data should be displayed in the table. The waypoint column could be greyed to imply that it's less important/should not be used.

Thanks to those who reported the problems and for everyone's patience until I was able to take a look.

You're welcome .

What's the status of the front end, is anyone working on it?

I think the current site is not pretty but it's sufficient for me. I just miss a simple navigation to the most important pages (log file/stats, update list, browser and my map  ).
I use a simple txt file with links:
http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/logs/
http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/devel/updates.php
http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/devel/hb.php
http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/mapview.php?rg=AUT,BEL,CHE,CZE,DEU,DNK,ESP,FRA,HUN,ITA,LUX,NLD,POL,ROU,SWE,AB,BC,ON,QC,IL,MI&u=michih

Are the list files also accessible on the server? Link?

[Jim]

Are the list files also accessible on the server? Link?

I'll have more of a look at your suggestion on the HB later, but for now, I'll handle this last one.  They're not on the web server, or even in the DB in a form that you could see them, but they are in GitHub for any and all to look at:

https://github.com/TravelMapping/UserData/tree/master/list_files

I try to remember to push the ones people email me and put in my local copy back up to GitHub every time I run an update.

[Jim]

Some more changes from Si are now in with the update that just completed.

https://github.com/TravelMapping/HighwayData/pull/53

[michih]

Some more changes from Si are now in with the update that just completed.

Hmm, I have an error in my log file now:

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Waypoint label(s) not found in line: HUN M3 HunKor 187

It wasn't detected on 19th August (I have an offline copy) or with any previous update but the modification was already done on 24th July:

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15-07-24 Hungary M3 hun.m003 Route extended at west end from exit 267 to exit 280
15-07-24 Hungary M3 hun.m003 Route truncated at east end from Hungaria Korut to exit 10

Quite strange!

btw: M3 west end / east end is mistaken

[english si]

Hmm, I have an error in my log file now:
btw: M3 west end / east end is mistaken

Fixed!

The problem came when I made sure that all the files in regions I'd brought up to date.

There's a few places where I added some hidden points so as to not break people's .list files, but didn't have them all in my local files.

[Duke87]

Oh dear, that problem of things getting garbled that I mentioned before? It's happening again. Since I'm at home now, a screenshot:


See all those random red segments not connected to anything else? These are not roads I've clinched and they're not in my list file.

Oddly enough, in my log file the stats are all correct and routes show the correct parts clinched when viewed in the highway browser individually (example)

Also, I observe that this problem only affects US and state routes. In every state I look at, the interstates all show correctly. In Canada, Quebec autoroutes appear to be immune from the problem as well, but the TCH and provincial systems in Ontario and New Brunswick have similar issues.

[Jim]

Oh dear, that problem of things getting garbled that I mentioned before?

I get a nice-looking view when I bring up that same map at http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/mapview.php?rg=MO&u=duke87

Strangely enough it also gives me slightly different stats from your screen shot.  I wonder if you happened to catch it right in the middle of a database update.  See if the above URL after a force reload gives you a good map.

Anyway, my guess is that I'm again relying on something coming out of the DB in a particular order that I have not forced to be the case...

[lkefct]

Just wanted to say thanks to all of you working on this project, and I am eagerly awaiting the debut to the general public. I've traveled roughly 15,000 miles of new roads in the past 9 months and am excited to update a new .list whenever you've got things in a place where it's open to the public again. I've been following the updates and I'm impressed. Really! Great work!

[Duke87]

Oh dear, that problem of things getting garbled that I mentioned before?

I get a nice-looking view when I bring up that same map at http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/mapview.php?rg=MO&u=duke87

Aha! So maybe my problem is I've been missing a piece of the URL. When I go back to what I took a screenshot of, it's still borked, but your link works fine.

My link: http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/?rg=MO&u=duke87
Your link: http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/mapview.php?rg=MO&u=duke87

If I keep "mapview.php" in there and go to other states, they all look correct.

[Jim]

Oh dear, that problem of things getting garbled that I mentioned before?

I get a nice-looking view when I bring up that same map at http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/mapview.php?rg=MO&u=duke87

Aha! So maybe my problem is I've been missing a piece of the URL. When I go back to what I took a screenshot of, it's still borked, but your link works fine.

My link: http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/?rg=MO&u=duke87
Your link: http://www.teresco.org/~terescoj/travelmapping/hbtest/mapview.php?rg=MO&u=duke87

If I keep "mapview.php" in there and go to other states, they all look correct.

Yes, you're getting the defunct version of the highway browser.  I'll remove that old code...

Edit: the old URL now redirects to the new hb.php.  Note that the rg= won't work on the new HB.  That functionality was replaced by mapview.