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Simpler shapes #175

Open joseflorido opened 7 years ago

joseflorido commented 7 years ago

Hi!

On the route response you include the shape as a polyline. It is highly detailed with many points. Is there a way to request the shape of an 'overview' of the route? That overview would have way less points but still allow rendering the route over a map with acceptable precision.

Thanks!

dnesbitt61 commented 7 years ago

There is no way to request a detail level for the returned shape. We have always recommended client side generalization as then the single shape can support whatever rendering scale is needed. If we returned a less detailed shape, then there would be no way for a client to get higher detail without a subsequent call to regenerate the route (we do not maintain any server side state).

We can consider adding a generalization_factor as a route option in the future if you think client side generalization will not meet your needs.