Routino : Output

Router Output

There are three different formats of output from the router, HTML, GPX (GPS eXchange) XML format and plain text with a total of five possible output files:

HTML route instructions for each interesting junction.
GPX track file containing every node.
GPX route file with waypoints at interesting junctions.
Plain text description with the interesting junctions.
Plain text file with every node.

The "interesting junctions" referred to above are junctions where the route changes to a different type of highway, more than two highways of the same type meet, or where the route meets but does not take a more major highway. When the route follows a major road this definition eliminates all junctions with minor roads.

The output files are written to the current directory and are named depending on the selection of shortest or quickest route. For the shortest route the file names are "shortest.html", "shortest-track.gpx", "shortest-route.gpx", "shortest.txt" and "shortest-all.txt", for the quickest route the names are "quickest.html", "quickest-track.gpx", "quickest-route.gpx", "quickest.txt" and "quickest-all.txt".

The HTML file and GPX files are written out according to the selected language using the translations contained in the translations.xml configuration file. The text files contains untranslated header lines (in English) but the data is translated.

HTML Route Instructions

The HTML route instructions file contains one line for the description of each of the interesting junctions in the route and one line for each of the highways that connect them. The coordinates are also included in the file but are not visible because of the style definitions.

An example HTML file output is below (some parts are missing, for example the style definitions):

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<HTML>
<!-- Creator : Routino - http://www.routino.org/ -->
<!-- Source : Based on OpenStreetMap data from http://www.openstreetmap.org/ -->
<!-- License : http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright -->
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Shortest Route</TITLE>
...
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Shortest Route</H1>
<table>
<tr class='c'><td class='l'>1:<td class='r'>51.524658 -0.127877
<tr class='n'><td class='l'>Start:<td class='r'>At <span class='w'>Waypoint</span>, head <span class='b'>South-East</span>
<tr class='s'><td class='l'>Follow:<td class='r'><span class='h'>Woburn Place (A4200)</span> for <span class='d'>0.251 km, 0.3 min</span> [<span class='j'>0.3 km, 0 minutes</span>]
<tr class='c'><td class='l'>2:<td class='r'>51.522811 -0.125781
<tr class='n'><td class='l'>At:<td class='r'>Junction, go <span class='t'>Straight on</span> heading <span class='b'>South-East</span>
<tr class='s'><td class='l'>Follow:<td class='r'><span class='h'>Russell Square (A4200)</span> for <span class='d'>0.186 km, 0.2 min</span> [<span class='j'>0.4 km, 1 minutes</span>]
<tr class='c'><td class='l'>3:<td class='r'>51.521482 -0.124123
<tr class='n'><td class='l'>At:<td class='r'>Junction, go <span class='t'>Straight on</span> heading <span class='b'>South-East</span>
<tr class='s'><td class='l'>Follow:<td class='r'><span class='h'>Southampton Row (A4200)</span> for <span class='d'>0.351 km, 0.4 min</span> [<span class='j'>0.8 km, 1 minutes</span>]
...
<tr class='c'><td class='l'>21:<td class='r'>51.477678 -0.106792
<tr class='n'><td class='l'>At:<td class='r'>Junction, go <span class='t'>Slight left</span> heading <span class='b'>South-East</span>
<tr class='s'><td class='l'>Follow:<td class='r'><span class='h'>Vassall Road</span> for <span class='d'>0.138 km, 0.2 min</span> [<span class='j'>6.3 km, 6 minutes</span>]
<tr class='c'><td class='l'>22:<td class='r'>51.478015 -0.104870
<tr class='n'><td class='l'>At:<td class='r'>Junction, go <span class='t'>Straight on</span> heading <span class='b'>East</span>
<tr class='s'><td class='l'>Follow:<td class='r'><span class='h'>Vassall Road</span> for <span class='d'>0.087 km, 0.1 min</span> [<span class='j'>6.4 km, 6 minutes</span>]
<tr class='c'><td class='l'>23:<td class='r'>51.478244 -0.103651
<tr class='n'><td class='l'>Stop:<td class='r'>At <span class='w'>Waypoint</span>
<tr class='t'><td class='l'>Total:<td class='r'><span class='j'>6.4 km, 6 minutes</span>
</table>
</BODY>
</HTML>

GPX Track File

The GPX track file contains a track with all of the individual nodes that the route passes through.

An example GPX track file output is below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx version="1.1" creator="Routino" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<metadata>
<desc>Creator : Routino - http://www.routino.org/</desc>
<copyright author="Based on OpenStreetMap data from http://www.openstreetmap.org/">
<license>http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</license>
</copyright>
</metadata>
<trk>
<name>Shortest route</name>
<desc>Shortest route between 'start' and 'finish' waypoints</desc>
<trkpt lat="51.524658" lon="-0.127877"/>
<trkpt lat="51.523768" lon="-0.126918"/>
<trkpt lat="51.522811" lon="-0.125781"/>
...
<trkpt lat="51.478015" lon="-0.104870"/>
<trkpt lat="51.478127" lon="-0.104174"/>
<trkpt lat="51.478244" lon="-0.103651"/>
</trkseg>
</trk>
</gpx>

GPX Route File

The GPX route file contains a route (ordered set of waypoints) with all of the interesting junctions that the route passes through and a description of the route to take from that point.

An example GPX route file output is below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx version="1.1" creator="Routino" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<metadata>
<desc>Creator : Routino - http://www.routino.org/</desc>
<copyright author="Based on OpenStreetMap data from http://www.openstreetmap.org/">
<license>http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</license>
</copyright>
</metadata>
<rte>
<name>Shortest route</name>
<desc>Shortest route between 'start' and 'finish' waypoints</desc>
<rtept lat="51.524658" lon="-0.127877">
  <name>START</name>
  <desc>South-East on 'Woburn Place (A4200)' for 0.251 km, 0.3 min</desc>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.522811" lon="-0.125781">
  <name>TRIP001</name>
  <desc>South-East on 'Russell Square (A4200)' for 0.186 km, 0.2 min</desc>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.521482" lon="-0.124123">
  <name>TRIP002</name>
  <desc>South-East on 'Southampton Row (A4200)' for 0.351 km, 0.4 min</desc>
</rtept>
...
<rtept lat="51.477678" lon="-0.106792">
  <name>TRIP020</name>
  <desc>South-East on 'Vassall Road' for 0.138 km, 0.2 min</desc>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.478015" lon="-0.104870">
  <name>TRIP021</name>
  <desc>East on 'Vassall Road' for 0.087 km, 0.1 min</desc>
</rtept>
<rtept lat="51.478244" lon="-0.103651">
  <name>FINISH</name>
  <desc>Total Journey 6.4 km, 6 minutes</desc>
</rtept>
</rte>
</gpx>

Text File

The text file format contains one entry for all of the interesting junctions in the route and is intended to be easy to interpret, for example for creating other output formats.

An example text file output is below:

# Creator : Routino - http://www.routino.org/
# Source : Based on OpenStreetMap data from http://www.openstreetmap.org/
# License : http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
#
#Latitude   Longitude  Section   Section  Total    Total    Point Turn Bearing Highway
#                      Distance  Duration Distance Duration Type
 51.524658  -0.127877  0.000 km  0.0 min  0.0 km   0 min    Waypt  +3          Woburn Place (A4200)
 51.522811  -0.125781  0.251 km  0.3 min  0.3 km   0 min    Junct  +0  +3      Russell Square (A4200)
 51.521482  -0.124123  0.186 km  0.2 min  0.4 km   1 min    Junct  +0  +3      Southampton Row (A4200)
...
 51.477678  -0.106792  0.204 km  0.2 min  6.1 km   5 min    Junct  +0  +3      Vassall Road
 51.478015  -0.104870  0.138 km  0.2 min  6.3 km   6 min    Junct  +0  +2      Vassall Road
 51.478244  -0.103651  0.087 km  0.1 min  6.4 km   6 min    Waypt

The text file output contains a header (indicated by the lines starting with '#') and then one line for each waypoint or junction. Each line contains the information for the current node and the next segment to be followed. For each of the lines the individual fields contain the following:

Item	Description
Latitude	Location of the node (degrees)
Longitude	Location of the node (degrees)
Section Distance	The distance travelled on the section of the journey that ends at this node.
Section Duration	The duration of travel on the section of the journey that ends at this node.
Total Distance	The total distance travelled up to this point.
Total Duration	The total duration of travel up to this point.
Point Type	The type of point; either a waypoint Waypt or junction Junct.
Turn	The direction to turn at this point (missing for the first line since the journey has not started yet and for the last line because it has finished). This can take one of nine values between -4 and +4 defined by: 0 = Straight, +2 = Right, -2 = Left and +/-4 = Reverse.
Bearing	The direction to head from this point (missing for the last line since the journey has finished). This can take one of nine values between -4 and +4 defined by: 0 = North, +2 = East, -2 = West and +/-4 = South.
Highway	The name (or description) of the highway to follow from this point (missing on the last line since the journey has finished).

The individual items are separated by tabs but some of the items contain spaces as well.

All Nodes Text File

The all nodes text file format contains one entry for each of the nodes on the route.

An example all nodes text file output is below:

# Creator : Routino - http://www.routino.org/
# Source : Based on OpenStreetMap data from http://www.openstreetmap.org/
# License : http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
#
#Latitude   Longitude  Node      Type   Segment Segment Total Total   Speed Bearing Highway
#                                       Dist    Durat'n Dist  Durat'n
 51.524658  -0.127877  8439703*  Waypt   0.000  0.00    0.00   0.0
 51.523768  -0.126918  8439948*  Junct-  0.119  0.15    0.12   0.1     96    146    Woburn Place (A4200)
 51.522811  -0.125781  8440207*  Junct   0.132  0.17    0.25   0.3     96    143    Woburn Place (A4200)
...
 51.478015  -0.104870  8529638*  Change  0.138  0.17    6.26   5.6     48     74    Vassall Road
 51.478127  -0.104174  8529849*  Junct-  0.049  0.04    6.31   5.7     64     75    Vassall Road
 51.478244  -0.103651  8530008   Waypt   0.038  0.04    6.35   5.7     64     70    Vassall Road

The all nodes text file output contains a header (indicated by the lines starting with '#') and then one line for each node and the segment that was used to reach it. This file therefore contains exactly the same model as is used internally to define a route (a series of results each of which is a node and the segment leading to it). For each of the lines the individual fields contain the following:

Item	Description
Latitude	Location of the node in degrees.
Longitude	Location of the node in degrees.
Node	The internal node number and an indicator "*" if the node is a super-node.
Type	The type of point; a waypoint Waypt, important junction Junct, unimportant junction Junct-, change of highway Change or intermediate node Inter.
Segment Distance	The distance travelled on the segment defined on this line.
Segment Duration	The duration of travel on the segment defined on this line.
Total Distance	The total distance travelled up to this point.
Total Duration	The total duration of travel up to this point.
Speed	The speed of travel on the segment defined on this line (missing on the first line).
Bearing	The direction that the segment defined on this line travels in degrees (missing on the first line).
Highway	The name (or description) of the highway segment (missing on the first line).