<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-06-17 16:27 GMT+02:00 Lester Caine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lester@lsces.co.uk" target="_blank">lester@lsces.co.uk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 17/06/15 04:33, Hans De Kryger wrote:<br>
> Why do OSRM & OpenRoutingService compete against each other instead of<br>
> joining resources and combining efforts to make the best routing service<br>
> out there? </span></blockquote></div><br><br><br clear="all">as far as I understand these 2 services use different algorithms, where OSRM is very fast in calculating and guarantees the best route (according to the map data), ORS can handle multiple means of transport much cheaper (e.g. bike routing, truck routing, foot routing) and has features like avoid area which I don't know if OSRM does offer.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br></div></div>