Programming GPS and OpenStreetMap Applications with Java

Chapter 9

Navigating Objects

9.1 Introduction

Although moving objects reflect a realistic trace on the map, they have

no freedom to deviate from the prerecorded or live data. By extracting a

route from a digital-map network, the navigating object can make a choice

at the maneuver points.

A clean network with a related administrative database enables a user to

extract a well-defined route from the network. Again, we can close the door

to all of the theory of networking digital maps and finally make use of the

products created on a higher-level to calculate routes. Route-calculation

algorithms assist the user to navigate through a network by evaluating the ...