[Planner] Would it be possible to add approach routing to the planner?

[pelderson]

Currently, the user is limited to the nodes and node2node connections displayed on the map. Would it be possible to have the user click anywhere on the map for start and end points, then use regular routing from start to the nearest node or node2node route, then do node network routing to near the end point, then use regular routing again to the end point?

[vmarc]

To perform routing outside the node network requires information that is currently not available within the knooppuntnet routing database. One possible solution would be to use an external service for this kind of additional routing. I guess this would be possible, but I think there are still many many other things on the todo-list that an higher priority today.

[pyrog]

Brouter could be used because it's possible to give a higher rank to (node network) routes.
One issue is that, unlike KPN, the data aren't constantly updated.

One could make a "proof of concept" in an external webpage.