diff --git a/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md b/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md index cbc6fc3..5ecbde4 100644 --- a/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md +++ b/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md @@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ Some variable names are pre-defined and accessed by the routing engine: table exported as CSV. Setting it to true/1, Brouter-web Data page will list all tags present in the RD5 file. + - `use_dynamic_range` default=false + + To find the start / end points for a route, BRouter normally uses the + variable `waypointCatchingRange` with a default value of 250 m. In some + situations, adding a few meters here is not enough to find a point. + With this new variable, it goes deeper and could reach a radius of about 50 km. + From this point, the more distant road connection is established as the beeline + and included in the calculation. + This is helpful in areas with less road coverage like in the Arabic world or + similar areas. + + - for the way section these are - `turncost`