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Google Maps Phoenix Park

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  • 10-02-2014 6:15pm
    #1
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭


    Been trying to plot a new route to work on GM using shortcuts through PP but for some reason it would only map around the park.

    Has anybody had any experience with this?


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    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    Park is for recreational use only


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    mackerski
    Registered Users Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭mackerski


    senordingdong wrote: »
    Been trying to plot a new route to work on GM using shortcuts through PP but for some reason it would only map around the park.

    Has anybody had any experience with this?

    Try this routing engine instead:

    http://osrm.at/6nz

    Drag the markers around or just enter new start and end points.

    Have fun!


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    GM = Google maps
    PP = Phoenix Park

    Does your ISP charge by the letter ;)

    Not all the roads in the park are through roads for cars. Some are pedestrian only. So are you sure you're not selecting them?


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    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Kidchameleon wrote: »
    Park is for recreational use only

    no it isn't, Chesterfield Avenue is a public, drivable road.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Non commercial only. No vans etc. But I don't see the relevance either way.


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    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    beauf wrote: »
    GM = Google maps
    PP = Phoenix Park

    Does your ISP charge by the letter ;)

    Not all the roads in the park are through roads for cars. Some are pedestrian only. So are you sure you're not selecting them?

    No, just LOVE taking short cuts.

    Anyway, it was laborious but I finally managed to do it manually by dragging pointers around the place.


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    micks
    Registered Users Posts: 840 ✭✭✭micks


    mapmyrun.com is v good for creating routs etc
    app available also


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,297 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Waze is the only nav I use with the exception of looking up an address for a business or something.


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    Tails142
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Tails142


    Google maps is set up not to route traffic through the park.


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    #11
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Tails142 wrote: »
    Google maps is set up not to route traffic through the park.

    Why's that?


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    Ravenid
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭Ravenid


    McKee Army Barracks, Garda Barracks and Áras an Uachtaráin in close proximity?


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Now you're making stuff up.


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    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Ravenid wrote: »
    McKee Army Barracks, Garda Barracks and Áras an Uachtaráin in close proximity?

    Doubt it. It doesn't. Have any issues routing by other barracks, garda stations or prisons. You can also get clear satellite images of all the above, including the aras, which is quite clearly labelled as such.


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    Ravenid
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭Ravenid


    beauf wrote: »
    Now you're making stuff up.

    Nope they all actually exist.
    Doubt it. It doesn't. Have any issues routing by other barracks, garda stations or prisons. You can also get clear satellite images of all the above, including the aras, which is quite clearly labelled as such.

    True. But its the only one that makes sense espically as Google Maps is based in Dublin you'd think they would have every centimeter of the city mapped at this point.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Seriously?

    Making them up as reason for Google not to route find past them. Especially as Google does map beside them on Blackhorse.
    Ravenid wrote: »
    ...But its the only one that makes sense...

    .. how about because its a "park"...


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    no it isn't, Chesterfield Avenue is a public, drivable road.

    I think it might be a private road in a park. So the OPW can close it etc.

    I'd say its just a glitch though.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Chesterfield Avenue isn't even on Street View anymore. It used to be.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Karsini wrote: »
    Chesterfield Avenue isn't even on Street View anymore. It used to be.

    I was wondering that, because I thought it used to work when I was planning my cycling routes.


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    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    beauf wrote: »
    I was wondering that, because I thought it used to work when I was planning my cycling routes.

    So does it work of you plan a cycling route instead of a driving route?


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    They didn't have cycle option on the old maps, so I used the car one, or pedistrian Maybe I'm remembering wrong.

    The cycle option on the new one routes through the main road in the park, but not the side roads or closed roads. TBH it doesn't seem to work even for walking.

    I switched back to the classic (old) one and thats no working either. So either it never worked and I'm not remembering it write or the classic one isn't actually working the same as it used to.

    I suspect they've changed the classification of the side roads, and closed roads/paths in the park. So they are being excluded from the route finding.


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    28064212
    Registered Users Posts: 10,636 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Chesterfield Avenue (and presumably, all roads in the Park) are marked as "Restricted Usage" on Google Maps.

    Officially, it's a private road, owned by the OPW, rather than the public roads maintained by the NRA

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    #23
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    28064212 wrote: »
    Chesterfield Avenue (and presumably, all roads in the Park) are marked as "Restricted Usage" on Google Maps.

    Officially, it's a private road, owned by the OPW, rather than the public roads maintained by the NRA

    Thanks for that.
    like I said, it can be done but it takes a fair bit of manual amending.


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