[Page Update] Detour Prevention Mechanisms
Is there a minor error in the current Wazeopedia USA page on Detour Prevention Mechanisms?
It lists (5) items, all of which must be satisfied for a route to be considered a detour. The fifth item says:
Specifically, the table only provides threshold distances for Freeway/Major Highway (5 km) and Minor Highway (500 m) types. If Item 5 really is intended to note a distance threshold for the detour, not the direct route, then what are the distance thresholds if the detour consists of Primary Street or Street type?
[EDIT: Perhaps what is meant is: the possible detour must be shorter than the distance threshold set by the road type group of the possible direct route. This would come with its own interesting quirks. One could imagine a 1-km-long convoluted Primary-Street detour that leaves and returns to a Minor Highway only 300 m apart. But because the length prohibition applies (does it?) to the detour, not the direct route, Waze would try it. This seems counterintuitive...am I missing something?]
It lists (5) items, all of which must be satisfied for a route to be considered a detour. The fifth item says:
Is that correct? Does it not mean to say the possible direct route?5. Maximum Length - The possible detour must be shorter than the threshold length as defined in the chart below.
Specifically, the table only provides threshold distances for Freeway/Major Highway (5 km) and Minor Highway (500 m) types. If Item 5 really is intended to note a distance threshold for the detour, not the direct route, then what are the distance thresholds if the detour consists of Primary Street or Street type?
[EDIT: Perhaps what is meant is: the possible detour must be shorter than the distance threshold set by the road type group of the possible direct route. This would come with its own interesting quirks. One could imagine a 1-km-long convoluted Primary-Street detour that leaves and returns to a Minor Highway only 300 m apart. But because the length prohibition applies (does it?) to the detour, not the direct route, Waze would try it. This seems counterintuitive...am I missing something?]
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