trunk/doc/NEWS.txt

Version 2.2 of Routino released : Sat Mar 3 2012
------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Fix some Makefile bugs.
  Fix XML parsing (previously it allowed invalid XML comments).
  Fix errors in HTML and GPX output files (highway names and bearings).
  Fix errors in visualiser CGI related to oneway streets and in slim mode.
  Ensure that no non-initialised memory is written to disk.

OSM tagging:
  Parse information about roundabouts and store it in the database.

Documentation:
  Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.

Web pages:
  Change to OpenLayers v2.11.
  Move the map preferences (ranges and URLs) to a separate file.
  Prepare the visualiser.html web page for translation.
  The customrouter script should now pick up the preferred language.

planetsplitter:
  When discarding duplicate segments prefer to discard those that are areas.
  Ensure that XML file is OSM version 0.6 format.
  Add a new option to prune nodes and/or segments (enabled by default)
   - that form a small isolated sub-network.
   - that are very short.
   - that are not needed to represent a straight highway.

router:
  Change the format of the text file output (not the all points text file).
  Output better HTML directions for roundabouts (e.g. take second exit).
  Describe mini-roundabouts as "roundabout" rather than "junction".

filedumper:
  Ensure that all nodes needed for segments are included when dumping a region.
  Include a bounding box when dumping a region.

*** Important Note: The tagging.xml files from Routino v2.1.1 or earlier   ***
*** contain invalid XML that will not be allowed by Routino v2.2 or later. ***

Note: The format of the text file output has changed in this version.

Note: This version is not compatible with databases from earlier versions.


Version 2.1.2 of Routino released : Sat Nov 12 2011
---------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Speed up the routing by a factor of 3 for slim mode by copying data to RAM.
  Speed up routing & reduce memory use by a factor of 2.5 by stopping earlier.
  Delete profiles.js and profiles.pl when cleaning up (make clean).
  Improve output for translated versions (highway type names and text files).
  Fix the summarise-log.pl script for segments which are loops.
  Fix invalid XML syntax in tagging.xml file.

Configuration Files:
  Add extra tagging rules to handle problems found in the error log for UK.
  Added Russian translations for output files.

Documentation:
  Improve the documentation for the tagging rule configuration file.

Note: This version is compatible with databases from version 2.1 or 2.1.1.


Version 2.1.1 of Routino released : Sun Oct 23 2011
---------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Speed up the routing by a factor of 5 by improving data handling functions.
  Speed up database generation by reducing the default number of iterations.
  Fix the handling of the 'except' tag on turn restrictions.
  Fix the 'make install' option for the XML files.
  Add some more typecasts when printing data from filedumper program.
  Make the CGI script more robust if shortest/fastest is not passed in.

Note: This version is compatible with databases from version 2.1.


Version 2.1 of Routino released : Mon Oct 3 2011
------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Fix bug in pathological cases with binary search (don't crash).
  Make stricter checks for closest nodes just like in v2.0.3 for segments.
  Fix routing bug where start node is a super-node and finish is close by.

OSM tagging:
  More testing of turn relations; invalid or useless ones are discarded.
  An error log file can be generated to record parsing and processing errors.

Configuration Files:
  Add new options in the tagging rules XML file.
  Add extra tagging rules to handle many problems found in the error log for UK.
  Create special-use tagging rule files for walking, riding and driving.

Test cases:
  Create new test case for bug fixed in v2.0.3.
  Save expected results to allow future regressions to be found.

Note: This version is not compatible with databases from earlier versions.


Version 2.0.3 of Routino released : Thu Aug 4 2011
--------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Handle start node being a super-node with no previous segment (don't crash).
  Make stricter checks against the profile when finding the closest segment.
  Find a valid route if the start and end point are the same location.
  Choose the better route if one with and one without super-nodes are available.

Note: This version is compatible with databases from versions 2.0, 2.0.x.


Version 2.0.2 of Routino released : Sun June 26 2011
----------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Fix error with handling ferry routes (were ignored).
  Force roundabouts to be one-way (was present in v1.5.1).
  Handle super-nodes with no segments when processing (don't crash).

Code improvements:
  Use C99 standard by default and fix related warnings.
  More code tidy-up for 32/64 bit node and index types.
  Free some memory in various places (not serious leaks).

Note: This version is compatible with databases from versions 2.0, 2.0.1.


Version 2.0.1 of Routino released : Tue June 7 2011
---------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Turn relations that specify missing nodes/ways are deleted (don't crash).
  Shorten the messages printed by planetsplitter to keep below 80 characters.

Code improvements:
  Various code tidy-ups and 32/64 bit node and index improvements.

OSM Tagging:
  Check whether node/way/relation IDs fit in 32-bits (code ready for 64-bits).

Note: This version is compatible with databases from version 2.0.


Version 2.0 of Routino released : Mon May 30 2011
-------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Fix mis-spelling with surface=asphalt tag
  Routes between two waypoints on the same segment now work.
  Fix reading of numeric entities from XML files (store as UTF-8 internally).
  Fix turn description in HTML file (angles were biased to the right).
  Fix possibility of occasionally missing turn information from output files.

Test cases:
  Added test cases for routing in slim and non-slim modes.

Documentation:
  Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.
  Install the license file in the documentation directory.

OSM tagging:
  Process the tags associated with turn restriction relations.
  Remove the roundabout type from the parsing.
  Add parsing of mini-roundabouts.

Configuration Files:
  Update profiles with new options related to turn restrictions.

Web pages:
  Change to OpenLayers v2.10.
  Visualiser can display turn restrictions.
  Put the profile information into separate files and auto-generate them.

planetsplitter:
  Store information about turn restriction relations.
  Quite a large code re-organisation - now faster and uses less memory.

router:
  Take turn restriction relations into account when routing.
  Continue same direction of travel at each waypoint (unless dead-end).
  Add a new option to specify an initial direction to start travel.

filedumper:
  Print out statistics about what highways are included in the database.


Version 1.5.1 of Routino released : Sat Nov 13 2010
---------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Ensure that enough memory is allocated for filenames.
  Fix bug that sometimes causes crash when processing route relations.

Documentation:
  Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.

Programs:
  Add an option to make the output more suitable for a log file.

Documentation:
  Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage.


Version 1.5 of Routino released : Sat Oct 30 2010
-------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Check that number of nodes/segments/ways doesn't exceed numerical limits.
  Allow 32-bit systems to seek within files larger than 4GB.
  Allow nearly 4G nodes to be stored instead of 2G before.
  Added rules to makefile for installation (paths specified in top-level).
  Stricter checking of UTF-8 in XML files and better UTF-8 output.
  Improve error message if parsing of command line options fail.
  Fix bugs in router's --help-profile-json and --help-profile-perl options.
  Rename heapsort function to allow compilation on Mac OS with no change.
  Reduce impact of property preferences close to 50% by using sqrt().

Documentation:
  Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.

OSM tagging:
  Traffic restrictions on nodes are now included in default tagging file.
  Added processing for ferry routes (as pseudo-highway type 'ferry').
  Process foot and bicycle route relations to create new properties.

Configuration Files:
  Added Dutch output translations.
  Added ferry information to profiles.
  Added foot and bicycle route relation processing.

planetsplitter:
  The slim mode now includes the output data as well as the temporary data.
  The slim mode is now a separate executable and not a command line option.
  Traffic restrictions on nodes are now understood when parsing OSM files.
  Falls back to installed tagging.xml configuration file as last resort.

router:
  Added a slim mode (as a separate executable and not a command line option).
  Traffic will not be routed through a node that does not allow it.
  Falls back to installed profiles.xml & translations.xml files as last resort.

filedumper:
  Added a slim mode (as a separate executable and not a command line option).

Web pages:
  Added Dutch translation of router.html.


Version 1.4.1 of Routino released : Sat Jul 10 2010
---------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Don't crash if start and finish are the same point.
  Don't crash if several translations but --language option not used.
  Don't crash if middle part of route cannot be found.
  Don't allocate so much memory for intermediate nodes; routes much faster.
  Fix problem with finding closest segment to the specified point.

Documentation:
  Provide HTML versions of the documentation (copy to web directory at install).
  Change URL for website to http://www.routino.org/.

Configuration Files:
  Added German output translations.

planetsplitter
  Slight change to algorithm for finding super-nodes.

Web pages:
  Provide HTML versions of the documentation.
  Change URL for website to http://www.routino.org/.
  Provide updated HTML files, the same as on the website.
  Change to OpenLayers v2.9.1 and build custom version if Python available.


Version 1.4 of Routino released : Mon May 31 2010
-------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Speed up start/via/stop point within segment search algorithm.
  If no segment is found don't try routing but exit with error.
  Improve the error messages by adding operating system error info to them.
  Rewrite of tagging rules fixes bug with wheelchair access allow/deny.
  Files greater than 2GB can be read/written on 32-bit systems.
  Fix bug with profile preferences when optimising a route.
  Stricter check on profile validity before starting routing.

planetsplitter:
  Add --parse-only and --process-only options (for incremental parsing).
  Allow filenames to be specified on command line (default is still stdin).
  Improved the '--help' information to describe all options.
  Remove --transport, --not-highway, --not-property options (use config file).
  Use tag transformation rules in configuration file not hard-coded.

router:
  Removed compiled-in profiles and use profiles loaded from XML file.
  Improved the '--help' information to describe all options.
  Change the name of the --profile-json and --profile-perl options.
  Allow selection of the outputs to generate (or none).
  Added HTML route instructions output.
  GPX route file contains instructions at each waypoint.
  Read in XML file of translated words/phrases for outputs.
  Added options to specify file of translations and language to use.
  Remove copyright.txt file and put information into translations file.

filedumper:
  Improved the '--help' information to describe all options.
  Added the option to dump an OSM file containing database contents.

Web Pages:
  Combined generic map CSS into one file (not copied in two).
  Much better support for IE6/7/8 with browser detection but not perfect.
  Re-organised and tidied up the Javascript.
  Added button next to waypoints to centre it on map.
  Added button next to waypoints to set as home location (uses browsser cookie).
  Create shorter URLs for custom map (ignore default values).
  Reduced and clarified the amount of editing to customise the Javascript.
  Made it easier to translate by moving text out of Javascript (not visualiser).
  Prepared for translated versions of web page (Apache Multiviews).
  Added option to select language of output.
  Use HTML output from router to get translated instructions.


Version 1.3 of Routino released : Thu Jan 21 2010
-------------------------------------------------

Bug fixes:
  Ensure output even if the distance between two adjacent route points is small.
  Correct the determination of waypoints for abbreviated output.
  Check the command line values for filedumper --dump options.
  Made the verbose output consistent between different places.

OSM tagging:
  Recognise "designation" tag to determine designated paths.
  Recognise "steps" tag to determine the highway type.
  Recognise "wheelchair" tag to determine if wheelchairs are allowed on highway.
  Recognise "moped" tag to determine if mopeds are allowed on a highway.
  Recognise "surface" and "paved" tags to determine if a highway is paved.
  Recognise "lanes" tag to determine if a highway has multiple lanes.
  Recognise "bridge" tag to determine if a highway is a bridge.
  Recognise "tunnel" tag to determine if a highway is a tunnel.

New Features:
  Remove "bridleway" and "footway" highway types and use "path" highway instead.
  Added "steps" as a new highway type separate from the "path" type.
  Added "wheelchair" and "moped" to the list of possible transports.
  Added "paved", "multilane", "bridge", "tunnel" to list of highway properties.

Web Pages:
  Updated for new features listed above.
  Added popup to display instructions for each step in route on mouse-over.
  Added buttons next to waypoints for: add / remove / move up / move down.
  Highlight user selectable parts of form in yellow on mouse-over.
  A few small changes, improved CSS, improved Javascript.

router:
  For each waypoint choose closest point on a segment and not just closest node.
  Added the ability to set preferences based on highway properties.
  Changed the text output formats to include bearing and turn information.


Version 1.2 of Routino released : Wed Oct 21 2009
-------------------------------------------------

OSM tagging:
  Recognise tags "vehicle" and "motor_vehicle".
  Handle duplicate ways in the input OSM file (e.g. concatenation of 2 files).

Database:
  Identical ways are combined to reduce database size (~80% fewer ways stored).

Routing:
  Fix weight, height, width, length restriction routing.
  Allow up to 99 waypoints to be specified instead of 9.

Visualiser:
  Don't display speed limits for tracks and paths unless a value is set.
  Draw all super-segments that cross the selected boundary.

Web Pages:
  A few small changes, improved CSS, improved Javascript.
  Changed marker colour when waypoint not selected.

planetsplitter:
  Optional slim mode uses minimal memory at the expense of temporary files.

router:
  Less CPU time for routing (~30% less).

filedumper:
  Allow dumping individual nodes, segments and ways (for debug).


Version 1.1 of Routino released : Sat Jun 13 2009
-------------------------------------------------

Inputs:
  Improve parsing of OSM file (imperial units).
  Ignore nodes that are missing from the input OSM file.

Outputs:
  Create GPX route files as well as GPX track files.
  Read in an optional copyright.txt file and include contents in output.
  Make better choices about what to output in the abbreviated text file.

Routing:
  Allow generating a route with intermediate waypoints.
  Use preferences for highway types instead of yes/no choice.
  Choice of closest node to start/finish points ensures transport allowed.

Visualiser:
  Added data extraction function for viewing routing database data.

Web Pages:
  Include full set of web pages for creating customised online router.

Documentation:
  Included NEWS.txt file.
  Included documentation for installation of web pages.


Version 1.0 of Routino released : Wed Apr 08 2009
-------------------------------------------------

First version.
1	amb	978	Version 2.2 of Routino released : Sat Mar 3 2012
2			------------------------------------------------
3
4			Bug fixes:
5			Fix some Makefile bugs.
6			Fix XML parsing (previously it allowed invalid XML comments).
7			Fix errors in HTML and GPX output files (highway names and bearings).
8			Fix errors in visualiser CGI related to oneway streets and in slim mode.
9			Ensure that no non-initialised memory is written to disk.
10
11			OSM tagging:
12			Parse information about roundabouts and store it in the database.
13
14			Documentation:
15			Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.
16
17			Web pages:
18			Change to OpenLayers v2.11.
19			Move the map preferences (ranges and URLs) to a separate file.
20			Prepare the visualiser.html web page for translation.
21			The customrouter script should now pick up the preferred language.
22
23			planetsplitter:
24			When discarding duplicate segments prefer to discard those that are areas.
25			Ensure that XML file is OSM version 0.6 format.
26			Add a new option to prune nodes and/or segments (enabled by default)
27			- that form a small isolated sub-network.
28			- that are very short.
29			- that are not needed to represent a straight highway.
30
31			router:
32			Change the format of the text file output (not the all points text file).
33			Output better HTML directions for roundabouts (e.g. take second exit).
34			Describe mini-roundabouts as "roundabout" rather than "junction".
35
36			filedumper:
37			Ensure that all nodes needed for segments are included when dumping a region.
38			Include a bounding box when dumping a region.
39
40			* Important Note: The tagging.xml files from Routino v2.1.1 or earlier *
41			* contain invalid XML that will not be allowed by Routino v2.2 or later. *
42
43			Note: The format of the text file output has changed in this version.
44
45			Note: This version is not compatible with databases from earlier versions.
46
47
48	amb	903	Version 2.1.2 of Routino released : Sat Nov 12 2011
49			---------------------------------------------------
50	amb	882
51			Bug fixes:
52	amb	903	Speed up the routing by a factor of 3 for slim mode by copying data to RAM.
53			Speed up routing & reduce memory use by a factor of 2.5 by stopping earlier.
54			Delete profiles.js and profiles.pl when cleaning up (make clean).
55			Improve output for translated versions (highway type names and text files).
56			Fix the summarise-log.pl script for segments which are loops.
57			Fix invalid XML syntax in tagging.xml file.
58
59			Configuration Files:
60			Add extra tagging rules to handle problems found in the error log for UK.
61			Added Russian translations for output files.
62
63			Documentation:
64			Improve the documentation for the tagging rule configuration file.
65
66	amb	978	Note: This version is compatible with databases from version 2.1 or 2.1.1.
67	amb	903
68
69			Version 2.1.1 of Routino released : Sun Oct 23 2011
70			---------------------------------------------------
71
72			Bug fixes:
73	amb	882	Speed up the routing by a factor of 5 by improving data handling functions.
74			Speed up database generation by reducing the default number of iterations.
75			Fix the handling of the 'except' tag on turn restrictions.
76			Fix the 'make install' option for the XML files.
77			Add some more typecasts when printing data from filedumper program.
78			Make the CGI script more robust if shortest/fastest is not passed in.
79
80	amb	978	Note: This version is compatible with databases from version 2.1.
81	amb	882
82
83	amb	850	Version 2.1 of Routino released : Mon Oct 3 2011
84			------------------------------------------------
85
86			Bug fixes:
87			Fix bug in pathological cases with binary search (don't crash).
88			Make stricter checks for closest nodes just like in v2.0.3 for segments.
89			Fix routing bug where start node is a super-node and finish is close by.
90
91			OSM tagging:
92			More testing of turn relations; invalid or useless ones are discarded.
93			An error log file can be generated to record parsing and processing errors.
94
95			Configuration Files:
96			Add new options in the tagging rules XML file.
97			Add extra tagging rules to handle many problems found in the error log for UK.
98			Create special-use tagging rule files for walking, riding and driving.
99
100			Test cases:
101			Create new test case for bug fixed in v2.0.3.
102			Save expected results to allow future regressions to be found.
103
104	amb	978	Note: This version is not compatible with databases from earlier versions.
105	amb	850
106
107	amb	828	Version 2.0.3 of Routino released : Thu Aug 4 2011
108			--------------------------------------------------
109
110			Bug fixes:
111	amb	850	Handle start node being a super-node with no previous segment (don't crash).
112			Make stricter checks against the profile when finding the closest segment.
113			Find a valid route if the start and end point are the same location.
114			Choose the better route if one with and one without super-nodes are available.
115	amb	828
116	amb	978	Note: This version is compatible with databases from versions 2.0, 2.0.x.
117	amb	828
118
119	amb	800	Version 2.0.2 of Routino released : Sun June 26 2011
120			----------------------------------------------------
121
122			Bug fixes:
123	amb	850	Fix error with handling ferry routes (were ignored).
124			Force roundabouts to be one-way (was present in v1.5.1).
125			Handle super-nodes with no segments when processing (don't crash).
126	amb	800
127	amb	850	Code improvements:
128			Use C99 standard by default and fix related warnings.
129			More code tidy-up for 32/64 bit node and index types.
130			Free some memory in various places (not serious leaks).
131	amb	800
132	amb	978	Note: This version is compatible with databases from versions 2.0, 2.0.1.
133	amb	800
134
135	amb	781	Version 2.0.1 of Routino released : Tue June 7 2011
136			---------------------------------------------------
137
138			Bug fixes:
139			Turn relations that specify missing nodes/ways are deleted (don't crash).
140			Shorten the messages printed by planetsplitter to keep below 80 characters.
141
142	amb	850	Code improvements:
143	amb	800	Various code tidy-ups and 32/64 bit node and index improvements.
144
145	amb	781	OSM Tagging:
146			Check whether node/way/relation IDs fit in 32-bits (code ready for 64-bits).
147
148	amb	978	Note: This version is compatible with databases from version 2.0.
149	amb	781
150	amb	800
151	amb	738	Version 2.0 of Routino released : Mon May 30 2011
152	amb	567	-------------------------------------------------
153
154			Bug fixes:
155	amb	738	Fix mis-spelling with surface=asphalt tag
156	amb	567	Routes between two waypoints on the same segment now work.
157	amb	738	Fix reading of numeric entities from XML files (store as UTF-8 internally).
158			Fix turn description in HTML file (angles were biased to the right).
159			Fix possibility of occasionally missing turn information from output files.
160	amb	567
161	amb	738	Test cases:
162	amb	850	Added test cases for routing in slim and non-slim modes.
163	amb	738
164			Documentation:
165			Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.
166			Install the license file in the documentation directory.
167
168			OSM tagging:
169			Process the tags associated with turn restriction relations.
170			Remove the roundabout type from the parsing.
171			Add parsing of mini-roundabouts.
172
173			Configuration Files:
174			Update profiles with new options related to turn restrictions.
175
176			Web pages:
177			Change to OpenLayers v2.10.
178			Visualiser can display turn restrictions.
179			Put the profile information into separate files and auto-generate them.
180
181			planetsplitter:
182			Store information about turn restriction relations.
183			Quite a large code re-organisation - now faster and uses less memory.
184
185			router:
186			Take turn restriction relations into account when routing.
187			Continue same direction of travel at each waypoint (unless dead-end).
188			Add a new option to specify an initial direction to start travel.
189
190	amb	567	filedumper:
191			Print out statistics about what highways are included in the database.
192
193
194	amb	525	Version 1.5.1 of Routino released : Sat Nov 13 2010
195			---------------------------------------------------
196
197			Bug fixes:
198			Ensure that enough memory is allocated for filenames.
199			Fix bug that sometimes causes crash when processing route relations.
200
201			Documentation:
202			Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.
203
204			Programs:
205			Add an option to make the output more suitable for a log file.
206
207			Documentation:
208			Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage.
209
210
211	amb	517	Version 1.5 of Routino released : Sat Oct 30 2010
212			-------------------------------------------------
213
214			Bug fixes:
215			Check that number of nodes/segments/ways doesn't exceed numerical limits.
216			Allow 32-bit systems to seek within files larger than 4GB.
217			Allow nearly 4G nodes to be stored instead of 2G before.
218			Added rules to makefile for installation (paths specified in top-level).
219			Stricter checking of UTF-8 in XML files and better UTF-8 output.
220			Improve error message if parsing of command line options fail.
221			Fix bugs in router's --help-profile-json and --help-profile-perl options.
222			Rename heapsort function to allow compilation on Mac OS with no change.
223			Reduce impact of property preferences close to 50% by using sqrt().
224
225			Documentation:
226			Update documentation to reflect changes in program usage and function.
227
228	amb	850	OSM tagging:
229	amb	517	Traffic restrictions on nodes are now included in default tagging file.
230			Added processing for ferry routes (as pseudo-highway type 'ferry').
231			Process foot and bicycle route relations to create new properties.
232
233			Configuration Files:
234			Added Dutch output translations.
235			Added ferry information to profiles.
236			Added foot and bicycle route relation processing.
237
238	amb	850	planetsplitter:
239	amb	517	The slim mode now includes the output data as well as the temporary data.
240			The slim mode is now a separate executable and not a command line option.
241			Traffic restrictions on nodes are now understood when parsing OSM files.
242			Falls back to installed tagging.xml configuration file as last resort.
243
244			router:
245			Added a slim mode (as a separate executable and not a command line option).
246			Traffic will not be routed through a node that does not allow it.
247			Falls back to installed profiles.xml & translations.xml files as last resort.
248
249			filedumper:
250			Added a slim mode (as a separate executable and not a command line option).
251
252			Web pages:
253			Added Dutch translation of router.html.
254
255
256	amb	446	Version 1.4.1 of Routino released : Sat Jul 10 2010
257			---------------------------------------------------
258
259			Bug fixes:
260			Don't crash if start and finish are the same point.
261			Don't crash if several translations but --language option not used.
262			Don't crash if middle part of route cannot be found.
263			Don't allocate so much memory for intermediate nodes; routes much faster.
264			Fix problem with finding closest segment to the specified point.
265
266			Documentation:
267			Provide HTML versions of the documentation (copy to web directory at install).
268			Change URL for website to http://www.routino.org/.
269
270			Configuration Files:
271	amb	517	Added German output translations.
272	amb	446
273			planetsplitter
274			Slight change to algorithm for finding super-nodes.
275
276			Web pages:
277			Provide HTML versions of the documentation.
278			Change URL for website to http://www.routino.org/.
279			Provide updated HTML files, the same as on the website.
280			Change to OpenLayers v2.9.1 and build custom version if Python available.
281
282
283	amb	423	Version 1.4 of Routino released : Mon May 31 2010
284	amb	381	-------------------------------------------------
285
286			Bug fixes:
287	amb	423	Speed up start/via/stop point within segment search algorithm.
288			If no segment is found don't try routing but exit with error.
289	amb	381	Improve the error messages by adding operating system error info to them.
290	amb	423	Rewrite of tagging rules fixes bug with wheelchair access allow/deny.
291			Files greater than 2GB can be read/written on 32-bit systems.
292			Fix bug with profile preferences when optimising a route.
293			Stricter check on profile validity before starting routing.
294	amb	381
295	amb	850	planetsplitter:
296	amb	381	Add --parse-only and --process-only options (for incremental parsing).
297			Allow filenames to be specified on command line (default is still stdin).
298			Improved the '--help' information to describe all options.
299	amb	423	Remove --transport, --not-highway, --not-property options (use config file).
300			Use tag transformation rules in configuration file not hard-coded.
301	amb	381
302	amb	850	router:
303	amb	381	Removed compiled-in profiles and use profiles loaded from XML file.
304			Improved the '--help' information to describe all options.
305			Change the name of the --profile-json and --profile-perl options.
306	amb	423	Allow selection of the outputs to generate (or none).
307			Added HTML route instructions output.
308			GPX route file contains instructions at each waypoint.
309			Read in XML file of translated words/phrases for outputs.
310	amb	381	Added options to specify file of translations and language to use.
311	amb	423	Remove copyright.txt file and put information into translations file.
312	amb	381
313	amb	850	filedumper:
314	amb	381	Improved the '--help' information to describe all options.
315	amb	423	Added the option to dump an OSM file containing database contents.
316	amb	381
317	amb	850	Web Pages:
318	amb	381	Combined generic map CSS into one file (not copied in two).
319			Much better support for IE6/7/8 with browser detection but not perfect.
320			Re-organised and tidied up the Javascript.
321			Added button next to waypoints to centre it on map.
322			Added button next to waypoints to set as home location (uses browsser cookie).
323			Create shorter URLs for custom map (ignore default values).
324			Reduced and clarified the amount of editing to customise the Javascript.
325			Made it easier to translate by moving text out of Javascript (not visualiser).
326			Prepared for translated versions of web page (Apache Multiviews).
327			Added option to select language of output.
328			Use HTML output from router to get translated instructions.
329
330
331	amb	319	Version 1.3 of Routino released : Thu Jan 21 2010
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333
334			Bug fixes:
335			Ensure output even if the distance between two adjacent route points is small.
336			Correct the determination of waypoints for abbreviated output.
337			Check the command line values for filedumper --dump options.
338			Made the verbose output consistent between different places.
339
340	amb	850	OSM tagging:
341	amb	319	Recognise "designation" tag to determine designated paths.
342			Recognise "steps" tag to determine the highway type.
343			Recognise "wheelchair" tag to determine if wheelchairs are allowed on highway.
344			Recognise "moped" tag to determine if mopeds are allowed on a highway.
345			Recognise "surface" and "paved" tags to determine if a highway is paved.
346			Recognise "lanes" tag to determine if a highway has multiple lanes.
347			Recognise "bridge" tag to determine if a highway is a bridge.
348			Recognise "tunnel" tag to determine if a highway is a tunnel.
349
350	amb	850	New Features:
351	amb	319	Remove "bridleway" and "footway" highway types and use "path" highway instead.
352			Added "steps" as a new highway type separate from the "path" type.
353			Added "wheelchair" and "moped" to the list of possible transports.
354			Added "paved", "multilane", "bridge", "tunnel" to list of highway properties.
355
356	amb	850	Web Pages:
357	amb	381	Updated for new features listed above.
358			Added popup to display instructions for each step in route on mouse-over.
359			Added buttons next to waypoints for: add / remove / move up / move down.
360			Highlight user selectable parts of form in yellow on mouse-over.
361			A few small changes, improved CSS, improved Javascript.
362
363	amb	850	router:
364	amb	319	For each waypoint choose closest point on a segment and not just closest node.
365			Added the ability to set preferences based on highway properties.
366			Changed the text output formats to include bearing and turn information.
367
368
369	amb	288	Version 1.2 of Routino released : Wed Oct 21 2009
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371
372	amb	850	OSM tagging:
373	amb	288	Recognise tags "vehicle" and "motor_vehicle".
374			Handle duplicate ways in the input OSM file (e.g. concatenation of 2 files).
375
376	amb	850	Database:
377	amb	288	Identical ways are combined to reduce database size (~80% fewer ways stored).
378
379	amb	850	Routing:
380	amb	288	Fix weight, height, width, length restriction routing.
381			Allow up to 99 waypoints to be specified instead of 9.
382
383	amb	850	Visualiser:
384	amb	288	Don't display speed limits for tracks and paths unless a value is set.
385			Draw all super-segments that cross the selected boundary.
386
387	amb	850	Web Pages:
388	amb	381	A few small changes, improved CSS, improved Javascript.
389			Changed marker colour when waypoint not selected.
390
391	amb	850	planetsplitter:
392	amb	288	Optional slim mode uses minimal memory at the expense of temporary files.
393
394	amb	850	router:
395	amb	288	Less CPU time for routing (~30% less).
396
397	amb	850	filedumper:
398	amb	288	Allow dumping individual nodes, segments and ways (for debug).
399
400
401	amb	193	Version 1.1 of Routino released : Sat Jun 13 2009
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403
404	amb	850	Inputs:
405	amb	193	Improve parsing of OSM file (imperial units).
406	amb	288	Ignore nodes that are missing from the input OSM file.
407	amb	193
408	amb	850	Outputs:
409	amb	193	Create GPX route files as well as GPX track files.
410			Read in an optional copyright.txt file and include contents in output.
411			Make better choices about what to output in the abbreviated text file.
412
413	amb	850	Routing:
414	amb	193	Allow generating a route with intermediate waypoints.
415			Use preferences for highway types instead of yes/no choice.
416			Choice of closest node to start/finish points ensures transport allowed.
417
418	amb	850	Visualiser:
419	amb	193	Added data extraction function for viewing routing database data.
420
421	amb	850	Web Pages:
422	amb	193	Include full set of web pages for creating customised online router.
423
424	amb	850	Documentation:
425	amb	193	Included NEWS.txt file.
426			Included documentation for installation of web pages.
427
428
429			Version 1.0 of Routino released : Wed Apr 08 2009
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431
432			First version.