Add support to geocoder and data-prep for new ITN local/express ferry classes

[mraross]

BC Ferries promised to refine their ferry classes. When these new classes make their way into ITN, geocoder prep will need to made aware of them.

[cmhodgson]

Support was already added for FERRY_PASSENGER.

[mraross]

At MOTI's request, BC Ferries is going to create new ferry classes this fiscal to distinguish local from express so that routers won't jump from one the other at common docks.

[cmhodgson]

Why would we not change ferries at a dock? What does "support" mean in terms of the geocoder? Just add them to the accepted road classes? Ferries segments don't have addressing anyway, I think we just need to ignore them at some level.

[mraross]

I might not have the new typology right but from what I recall, OnRoute was having trouble routing with the current ferry classes and we would too if BC Ferries didn't add new ferry classes

[mraross]

Issue moved to bcgov/ols-router bcgov/api-specs#21 via ZenHub

[cmhodgson]

Doesn't this belong in ols-router, if anywhere? I don't think that ITN added these yet.

[mraross]

You're right. BC Ferries promised to restructure the ferry routes so its a future thing which is why I took it out of this year's work. I thought it would apply to both Geocodable BC Maker and Routable BC Maker.

[alixcote]

Closing for now.