Traildiffculty not explained?

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1

Hey,
I want to use extra infos for trail difficulty.
API provides following values as output.
For Example:

object(stdClass)#9 (2) {
  ["values"]=>
  array(4) {
    [0]=>
    array(3) {
      [0]=>
      int(0)
      [1]=>
      int(1)
      [2]=>
      int(2)
    }
    [1]=>
    array(3) {
      [0]=>
      int(1)
      [1]=>
      int(2)
      [2]=>
      int(0)
    }
    [2]=>
    array(3) {
      [0]=>
      int(2)
      [1]=>
      int(58)
      [2]=>
      int(3)
    }
    [3]=>
    array(3) {
      [0]=>
      int(58)
      [1]=>
      int(118)
      [2]=>
      int(4)
    }
  }
  ["summary"]=>
  array(4) {
    [0]=>
    object(stdClass)#10 (3) {
      ["value"]=>
      float(3)
      ["distance"]=>
      float(681.3)
      ["amount"]=>
      float(54.58)
    }
    [1]=>
    object(stdClass)#11 (3) {
      ["value"]=>
      float(4)
      ["distance"]=>
      float(556.3)
      ["amount"]=>
      float(44.57)
    }
    [2]=>
    object(stdClass)#12 (3) {
      ["value"]=>
      float(0)
      ["distance"]=>
      float(5.3)
      ["amount"]=>
      float(0.43)
    }
    [3]=>
    object(stdClass)#13 (3) {
      ["value"]=>
      float(2)
      ["distance"]=>
      float(5.2)
      ["amount"]=>
      float(0.42)
    }
  }
}

But i can not find any explainations to this values?
It can not be 1-6 for T1-T6, because some values are 58 or 118 for example.

2

Hey Tom,

extra info can indeed be a little tricky to read, sorry for that :wink:
Here’s an explanation of the numbers returned:

Here is the link to the documentation explaining the encoding for ease of use :slight_smile:
https://github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice-docs#trail-difficulty

Best regards,
Jakob

3

Ah, thanks for your answer.
I figured it out out by playing around with the classic map.
Classic map offers trail difficulty in the options, which the new map does not offer.
What T1-T6 means i did knew before and found it before my question.
Btw: API Playground offers the option for traildifficulty but response is always empty.

4

Hey,
great to hear :slight_smile:

I have opened an issue regarding trail difficulty not being an option, so the feature is at least requested :slight_smile:

Could you provide the request that you sent in the playground that gives an empty response for trail difficulty?

Best regards,
Jakob

5

Would be nice to have traildifficulty in new map too!

Sorry, was my fault. In Playground traildifficulty is correct!

6

Hey. The new map client already supports traildifficulty. Check the maps.openrouteservice.org/#/settings/ Map view and extra information

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