I want to route using a gondola on OSM using GraphHopper.
Unfortunately I found out that this isn’t possible because “aerialway” isn’t recognized by GraphHopper.
That’s weird because I can route through ferries, even on trains (like the Eurotunnel) but no cable cars???
It seems like GraphHopper does not handle cable cars, chair lifts, and gondolas right now. Supporting cable cars and gondolas for Bike (if tagged) and Foot routing would probably make sense. I am not sure about chair lifts, as most of the ones I know are only used for skiing, and we don’t have a ski routing profile :). On the other hand we might see some issues with seasonal operating cable cars, etc. WDYT @karussell?
I already read that issue before. But somehow it died in 2015 mostly (at least I understood it so) because of incorrect OSM data…
For us make a lot of sense because it’s allowed to put the bikes in the cable car and therefore you save a lot of effort.
Since GraphHopper is a great routing tool and komoot uses it, I don’t see the disadvantage to include “aerialways”.
I’m not a GraphHopper-Developer but if I would like to help you on this matter.
By the way, what’s the big difference between “ferry route” and “gondola”? Only the profile, isn’t it?
And yes, I did update all the connection points and the data on OSM so routing could be possible!