PHP script for routes, POI files in /PSP/COMMON

[lansingone]

must be some bugs in it, i just made a route and then tried to use the swap fields button to make the same in the other direction and it said couldn't calculate route. i wonder why it could only do the route in that direction, i would have thought it just needed to do everything backwards

[dragonslayere]

site is down i guess

maybe try hosting it on google pages...?

[Nieko]

lansingone: can you PM me the addresses you tried (or another pair where reverse doesn't work)? Then I can see what's going on. Perhaps there's simply a one-way road somewhere that messes things up.

dragonslayere: if my script says that Google couldn't calculate the route, then that already means my site was up. If I indeed get problems hosting this (which I doubt, I've had only one failure in the last two years or so, see earlier in this thread), then I will move to more professional hosting.

Besides, does Google Pages support PHP?

[PDG]

lansingone: can you PM me the addresses you tried (or another pair where reverse doesn't work)? Then I can see what's going on. Perhaps there's simply a one-way road somewhere that messes things up.

dragonslayere: if my script says that Google couldn't calculate the route, then that already means my site was up. If I indeed get problems hosting this (which I doubt, I've had only one failure in the last two years or so, see earlier in this thread), then I will move to more professional hosting.

Besides, does Google Pages support PHP?

I can always host it, keep me in mind :thumbup:

[GoDE]

Hi,
i have written a small vb script to convert the created routes with strange signs to the german "specials".
ä = ä(ae), ö = ö(oe), ü = ü(ue), ß = ß(ss)
In the moment only for lowercase signs.
Put the code in an text file and name it "filename.vbs". Drag and drop the route on the script and an "_GER" version is created.
Please report any problems.

--script begin--
'ä = ä
'ö = ö
'ü = ü
'ß = ss or ß

Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2
mydebug = 0

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Filename = Wscript.arguments(0)
Filename2 = Filename+"_GER"

if mydebug = 1 then
Wscript.Echo(Filename)
Wscript.Echo(Filename2)
end if

Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Filename, ForReading)
Set objFile2 = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Filename2, ForWriting, True)


Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
MyTextLine = objFile.ReadLine
MyTextLine = Replace(MyTextLine,"ä","ae") 'ä
MyTextLine = Replace(MyTextLine,"ö","oe") 'ö
MyTextLine = Replace(MyTextLine,"ü","ue") 'ü
MyTextLine = Replace(MyTextLine,"ß","ss") 'ß/ss
objFile2.WriteLine MyTextLine
Loop

objFile.Close


Wscript.Echo("FINISH")
--script end--

I know that can be coded better, but it's my first VB Script.
Cheers
GoDE

Edited: Code changes 18-Sept

[dragonslayere]

if it's not down then it maybe something on my end... i keep getting
"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server."

[Nieko]

dragonslayere: do you happen to be an Ameritech user? I've had a lot of problems with different clients from this ISP in the past hammering me all the time, so I had to block the entire domain.

If yes, then I'll remove those kinds of bans, and hopefully the mess will stay away this time. If not, could you tell me your IP address (just PM)? Then I can look it up in the logs and see what's going wrong.

[dragonslayere]

yes I'm a ameritech user

[Nieko]

dragonslayere: I've removed all the bans, it should work just fine now .

[Nieko]

Update: like in GMDL, you can now indicate you want to avoid highways in your route.

Soon I'll also implement choosing another Google server (have to test if this works) and user specified encoding (so CP1251 instead of UTF8 e.g.).

If anyone is aware of more options in Google Maps, please tell me .