Feature request: Navigation

[sbutler-gh]

When I'm using OpenStreetBrowser, I find a point of interest. I want to navigate to that location. I would like for navigation instructions to be available in the OpenStreetBrowser interface.

This may not need to be a real-time interactive GPS application. As a perhaps simpler way to start, it could give you the full list of step-by-step instructions to go from MY LOCATION to DESIRED LOCATION. This, along with the updating location signal from your device on the map, could be enough to support people going from MY LOCATION to DESIRED LOCATION. In other words:

The interface would present a list of navigational steps to follow, to get from MY LOCATION to DESIRED LOCATION. It wouldn't need to present any more information or updates after delivering that initial list of steps (no real-time input or course correction). And a person could follow along their path on the route, by checking their updating GPS location on the map.

[plepe]

A former implementation of OpenStreetBrowser already had navigation included. I think it is a good idea, and I will investigate technical feasibility.